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Continue reading →: Your birth control could be messing with your gut and mood: Estrogen-Gut-Brain axis
By Karabo Matje Feeling cranky, irritable and down since starting the pill? You’re not alone. Many women have reported discontinuing the use of oral contraceptives after experiencing mood changes, anxiety and drug-induced depression. Emerging studies have suggested that the long-term use of combined oral contraceptives (COC) may be associated with…
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Continue reading →: MY HONOURS JOURNEY: DOING IT SCARED!
By: Karabo Matje Shuuu! What a journey it has been. When I started my honours year, I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was a rocky start, full of uncertainty, self-doubt and a lot of learning curves. I promised myself to do it, even if…
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Continue reading →: A REFLECTION PIECE
By Patience Shoko At the time of writing this reflection piece, I have just now completed my first semester as an honours student and what a journey its already been. Honours has been different from what I expected as a person coming straight from a BSc undergrad. The requirements for…
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Continue reading →: WANT TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE? TRY THE DEC2 GENE MUTATION
By: Patience Shoko Being an honours student is no walk in the park. You often find yourself having back-to-back assignments, tests and projects that need your attention all at once. This often requires you to sacrifice certain things the most important one being sleep. The average human adult requires about…
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Continue reading →: Growing Through the Storm: My Journey as an Honours Student in Bioinformatics
By Ludwick Hlongwane Coming to Cape Town to pursue an Honours degree in Bioinformatics at the University of Cape Town, Africa’s top-ranked university, has been nothing short of a dream come true. As the first in my family to reach this academic level, I carry not just my aspirations, but…
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Continue reading →: Applications of Genome Engineering: Why Snakes are Limbless
By Sibusisiwe Matewe Numerous studies on evolution have allowed for scientists to establish a particular pattern that is followed by vertebrates in limb development, which involves enhancers – short DNA sequences increase transcription of one or more genes – seen consistently in reptiles for millions of years. However, at some…
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Continue reading →: Applications of Genome Engineering: Why Snakes are Limbless
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Continue reading →: Did you know viruses can cure superbugs? How phages saved 4 critically ill COVID-19 patients
By Ludwick Hlongwane The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just overwhelm ICUs with viral infections; it also opened the floodgates for dangerous secondary bacterial infections. Among the most feared of these is Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), a multidrug-resistant bacterium that thrives in hospital settings and laughs in the face of our strongest…
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