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Reflective Piece
By Jodie Glenn I knew going into this that honours would be a transition from my undergraduate studies but I wasn’t quite prepared for the “out of my depth” feeling that would plague my honours journey. I’ve always felt very self-assured when it comes to academics. This year was truly the first time where I…
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Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease Before It Happens…Someday
By Jodie Glenn What is this paper about/background? Alzheimer’s disease (AD) primarily affects memory, thinking and behaviour. The disease progresses over time and that progression is very serious as AD is the leading cause of dementia. This progression begins decades before diagnosis and so it would be very beneficial to be able to predict the…
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Slow Movement in a Fast World: Tai Chi and Qigong as Treatments for Parkinson’s
By Dené Fraser In a world where everything is expected to move at lightning speed and new medical interventions are being generated every day, perhaps the secret to a longer, healthier life is one that is slower and more intentional.Tai Chi and Qigong are Chinese medicine practices seen to have originated around the 12th century…
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Intra- and Inter-cellular communication is key: How Perturb-FISH solved this problem
By Anique Engelbretch
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To Close the Gap: addressing global health equity through the inclusion of African genomic data
By Taine Archbold Precision medicine is a revolutionary, rapidly developing field of healthcare with the goal of providing tailored treatments for all patients. This innovative approach has been utilized by global research efforts towards informing disease research and clinical care, including the development of genetic-level therapies such as RNA vaccines. The ongoing analysis of large-scale…
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Can we predict who will survive heart failure?
By Azandizibusiso Mbonambi Heart failure is an insidious condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. If you can cast your mind back to biology class, the heart is arguably the most vital organ in the body; to the point that clinical death is classified by the…
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Reflecting on the first six months of an Honours in Infectious Diseases and Immunology at UCT
by Cassidy Gaylard Six months. For the first time in my life, I only went home to Durban to see my family after six months away. That’s something I’ll never quite get used to.A PhD student in my lab joked that they were surprised to see me on campus until 6 p.m. working on my…