Health Innovation

How the NWU is rethinking disease research to reduce animal testing

North-West University researchers are pioneering human-based 3D tissue models and organoids to better mimic human biology, accelerate drug discovery, and reduce reliance on…

North West University

5 min read

The Centre for Advanced Training and Innovative Research (CATIR) — a joint initiative between United States-based biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific, the South African Medical Research Council and the department of science, innovation and technology was unveiled on 16 July. (@ma_mohapeloa/X)

AND MATHEMATICS

22 JUL 2025

New science hub bridges lab-skills gap for underprivileged students

The facility aims to equip future scientists with skills to lead research and healthcare advancements in the country

Aarti Bhana

4 min read

Twenty years of hard lessons — with a dose of good luck and a lot of persistence — has helped Hlokomela Clinic to prepare for the US funding cuts crisis. (Zano Kunene)

ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE

29 APR 2025

How this Limpopo NGO prepared for Trump’s funding cuts

The Anova Health Institute, which received the lion’s share of the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids funding in South Africa, had its support halted in February along with…

Zano Kunene

9 min read

GAME ON: At the Eersterust Community Health Centre in Pretoria, masks are part of a game approach to teaching people living with HIV how the virus works and why sticking with their treatment can keep them healthy. (Delwyn Verasamy)

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY

29 NOV 2024

Games could help people stick to HIV treatment

People with HIV can live a long, healthy life — if they take their medication correctly. But too many don’t. A game might help to change that, research shows

Thalyta Swanepoel

8 min read