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HIV-related kidney disease: genetics may play bigger role than access to healthcare

Anina MummApril 6, 2015April 3, 2015

by Anina MummApril 6, 2015April 3, 2015

“I got this on the street somewhere in Uganda, during an educational visit for the International Society of Nephrology,” says Professor Saraladevi Naicker, pointing to...

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#ScibraaiSides: Herpes virus linked to why breastfeeding mothers on ARVs still sometimes transmit HIV to their babes

Engela DuvenageFebruary 6, 2015

by Engela DuvenageFebruary 6, 2015

It’s a question that has baffled many an AIDS researcher: why do antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) not in all cases stop breastfeeding HIV positive mothers from...

Health & Medical Policy & Development

It starts with a zozo in Kuruman

Anina MummFebruary 4, 2015February 2, 2015

by Anina MummFebruary 4, 2015February 2, 2015

It’s eight o’clock in the morning in the Northern Cape town of Kuruman. At a small clinic, two nurses are about to start attending to...

Health & Medical

#SAscienceHero: Ashraf Coovadia, paediatrician

Anina MummJanuary 12, 2015January 10, 2015

by Anina MummJanuary 12, 2015January 10, 2015

American doctors recently reported promising indications that it might be possible to cure babies born with HIV by starting intensive anti-HIV drug therapy shortly after...

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#SciBraaiSides 25 May 2014

Engela DuvenageMay 25, 2014August 21, 2014

by Engela DuvenageMay 25, 2014August 21, 2014

Did you know that up to 19 million cigarettes are sold illegally in South Africa per day? Or that the stem-wilter might just be the...