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Hunt to eradicate drug-resistant diseases

Malaria and tuberculosis, among others, are giving medicinal chemists around the world sleepless nights, as they have become resistant to almost all the drugs that are used to cure or control infectious diseases...

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Smartphone device may help diagnose cancer

MIAMI, USA: A new device that can be added to a smartphone may be able to accurately and cheaply diagnose cancer, a technology which could be useful in remote areas, US researchers said on Monday, 13 April 2015...

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Melanoma's 'safe haven' targeted for shut-down

Melanoma cells become drug resistant by using surrounding healthy cells to provide a 'safe haven' from treatment, according to new research* published in Cancer Cell on Monday, 13 April 2015...

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Chronic Diseases
Diabetes and hypertension research development hits the Merck
Merck, in collaboration with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and Directorate of Medical Education & Research, is introducing European Accredited Clinical Diabetes management course for more than 5000 medical students... read more>>
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Zurich Insurance Company sponsors critical hip replacement
It was announced on regional radio recently that Zurich Insurance Company South Africa would sponsor a patient in need of a hip replacement procedure... read more>>
Medical Research
Zebrafish earn their stripes in weighty health study

Clive Cookson

Health researchers are keen to understand why apple-shaped people, who carry a lot of weight around the stomach, are more susceptible to diabetes and heart disease than their pear-shaped counterparts... read more>>
Medical Technology
Stem Cell storage - preserving the unbelievable cord
Over the past few months, there has been an increased interest in stem cell storage. This is largely due to the number of studies and trials that have been conducted worldwide where stem cells have been used to treat a number of different diseases... read more>>
Research in the news: Imaging reveals tiny piece of protein-making machinery

Bill Hathaway

Using powerful advances in imaging technology, researchers at Yale University have visualized a key component deep within the ribosome, the tiny cellular factory that produces nearly all the proteins essential for life... read more>>
Public Health
If the booze doesn't get you, the stats will

Shaun Smillie

South Africa has a reputation of being a nation with an alcohol problem, but according to statistics on one website it is not a big killer... read more>>
H5 bird flu found on Canada turkey farm
OTTAWA, CANADA: Two turkey farms in Canada have been placed under quarantine after H5 bird flu was detected in one of them, Canadian health authorities said... read more>>
Business
5 ways to keep your mobile devices secure

Aaron Thornton

It seems like every time you turn on the news lately, there are more stories of companies having their data stolen or corporate networks being hacked into... read more>>
Be wary of customer engagement gap
Today, customers cross channels often, making marketing more complicated. They can be on the web one moment, then move to social media and then pick up the phone... read more>>
How to get digital transformation right

Jayne Archbold

There has been a lot of talk recently about digital transformation and how every business has to be a digital business... read more>>
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