Aptamers contine to generate a lot of research interest for use in biosensors and novel methods of drug delivery. How do they...
Beyond representing the future of medicine, stem cells are a part of our past and present. Where are we headed?
“Time is money,” and never is this truer than in the discovery of new drugs against human diseases like cancer. What are the...
Health
The risk of dying from a range of cancers in many African countries (including South Africa) is...
Food
Finding ways to ramp up the ability of rural populations to derive economic benefit from natural...
Biotechnology
While luck may have something to do with accidental discovery, there is often at the heart of these stories in science an entrepreneurial mind.
Environment
Microbial fuell cells generate bioelectricity while “cleaning up” waste – effectively using the...
Insight & Opinion
by Earl Prinsloo “Dude, print me a new liver?” may become a commonplace request in the not too...
Wildlife
The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one...