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Continue reading →: Life in a year
by Leoné Pretorius Even though the year 2021 and its academic activities have not yet come to an end, I think most of us will agree that the first part of this academic year has been filled with a lot of events and challenges that it has felt that we…
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Continue reading →: It’s a Beautiful Life
by Kate Morris Being a fairly anxious person, I was a ball of nerves as the start of my honoursyear loomed closer and closer. Would I cope with the workload? Am I cut outto deal with the stress of postgraduate life? Will I manage to adapt to thetransition and bid…
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Continue reading →: Antigen-specific T-cell Activation Distinguishes between Recent and Remote Tuberculosis infection
by Samar Abrahams Introduction: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Mtb) remains the number one killer in South Africa, with insufficient diagnostics and treatment contributing to the high mortality rates. With limited resources and the number of deaths reaching 58,000 individuals in 2019, it is imperative that all cases are detected, and that treatment…
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Continue reading →: The Refuse Removal System of the Sleeping Brain
by Kate Morris Sleep. We all need it, yet few of us get enough of it. Now more than ever before the importance of sleep in protecting and prolonging the health of the brain is evident. With neurodegenerative diseases being among the most prevalent in the world today, maintaining cognitive…
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Continue reading →: Surviving another week
by Jason Bosch Every university student has uttered the phrase “I just have to survive this week” multiple times to themselves, but in my honours year, the phrase took on a whole new meaning. Though your honours year may be rewarding and exciting, your undergrad does not prepare for the…
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Continue reading →: “From Online to the Labs”
by Samar Abrahams Initially I thought Honors was finally going to be my year off to relax after a rather intense third year of medicine. However, I was quickly brought back to reality the second lectures started and work started piling up. I quickly had to change gears and adjust…
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Continue reading →: Why the “Big Four” should become the “Big Three” in the discipline of forensic anthropology
by Chelsey Voegt Forensic anthropologists have a critical role to play in the justice system by providing law enforcement officials with a biological profile (sex, age-at-death, stature & ancestry) for unknown individuals. While the estimation of ancestry stems from anthropology’s racist history, it is still performed because law enforcement officials…
