28th October 2013
PARIS – An on-the-spot sputum test for tuberculosis works better than the commonly-used, 125-year-old microscope method, but did not reduce illness in a southern African trial, a […]
10th September 2013
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23rd July 2013
Prof. Dheda interviewed on Power FM
12th June 2013
Nelson Mandela remained another day in hospital with no reports of any improvement in his condition which South African President Jacob Zuma described as “very serious” […]
12th June 2013
A new clinical trial by the UCT Lung Institute’s Centre for TB Research Innovation (CTBRI) is not only innovative in design and in its collaborative nature, […]
6th June 2013
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26th April 2013
The new technology, which was unveiled at Groote Schuur Hospital for teh first time in Africa yesterday, is a minimal brochoscopic procedure that heats the wall […]
12th April 2013
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1st April 2013
Hurriyet Daily News – Nelson Mandela was comfortable and breathing without difficulty on his third day in hospital after the anti-apartheid hero was treated for pneumonia, […]
23rd January 2013
Three new top appointments at UCT’s Department of Medicine – all black staff – are proof that the university is well on its way to becoming […]
28th August 2012
Award winners, from left: Malika Davids, Dr Richard van Zyl Smit and Dr Jashira Naidoo The run of good fortune has continued as the Lung […]
21st May 2012
A host of UC scholars and units have been nominated for the 2011/12 National Science and Technology Forum-BHP Billiton awards. This year, the NSTF celebrates its […]