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Petro Terblanche

Professor Petro Terblanche is chairperson of the board at Bone SA

According to the WHO, the two documents are being drafted with intentions of learning from failures in the management of the Covid-19 crisis and building upon its successes. Marco Longari/AFP
ARTICLE

Fatal misunderstanding: Why a pandemic agreement will return power to the people

We need to support the efforts by countries to provide a healthier, safer future for all the people of the world

  • Petro Terblanche
3 min read
Employees at the Afrigen biotechnology company and Vaccine Hub facility at work in the manufacturing laboratory. (Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Africa’s first mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub gets to work

Africa currently has no vaccine technology hub, although there are six vaccine production facilities on the continent

  • Petro Terblanche
6 min read
Tissue Regeneration Corporation, a bio-engineering high-tech firm in Kish Island, produces synthesis for marrow bone mebranes, tandones and other live membranes. (Photo by Mohsen Shandiz/Corbis via Getty Images)
3D BIOPRINTING

Tissue engineering facility breathes new life into local biomedical sector

This is the first facility of its kind in the Western Cape and only the third such facility in South Africa

  • Petro Terblanche
3 min read