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by Sibongiseni Msipa Cancer is a creepy and mysterious thing. While we tried to understand it, to get better at killing it, we discovered a biological paradox that remains unsolved to this day: large animals are immune to cancer. Which does not make any sense – the bigger a being,…
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Continue reading →: Scientists on the hunt for new, more effective anti-TB drugs
by Asande Vilane Note: this blog is based on a 2018 review by Tiberi et al titled ‘New drugs and perspectives for anti-tuberculosis regimens’. It is third on the reference list and is thus indicated by the [3] in text referencing. Information that has been taken from other sources to…
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Continue reading →: When you become the subject: how to deal with knowing too much
by Anonymous This reflective piece could give you an additional 5% on your Assignment 2 mark. 5% is not a lot in the grand scheme of things, and yet I found myself ruffling my feathers, so to speak, scrambling for a topic to write about – seeing my classmates have…
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Continue reading →: Discovering bioinformatics
by Alice Piller As an undergraduate in Genetics and Statistics, I felt utterly torn between the biological side and the “mathsy”, analytical side of science. Of course, that was a naïve view on science as its fields are not discrete but intertwined. I stumbled across a strange new word in…
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Continue reading →: Precision medicine: how machine learning could change the way we treat cancer
by Alice Piller Precision medicine is a hot topic amongst the scientific community seeing numerous researchers and practitioners swarm to the field to be at the forefront of this revolutionary concept. Precision medicine is going to change the way we treat diseases by enabling better prevention strategies, hastier diagnoses, quicker…
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Continue reading →: Protein identification made easy with DeepTracerID
by Awakhiwe Makalima The success of the human race has largely been owed to our continued efforts in creating ways of getting things done quicker and with more ease. From the healthcare industry, to transportation, to energy… numerous innovations have come about all ultimately making it possible to break barriers…
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