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AIMS co-founder Puseletso Manyaka-Lesofe says entrepreneurship and leadership can help create new opportunities for South Africa's medical scientists.
HEALTHCARE

South African medical scientists drive a new era of business in healthcare

South Africa's healthcare system faces a growing challenge as qualified medical scientists struggle to find employment. A seminar highlighted how independent practice and…

  • Amahle Banda
6 min read
An artists depiction of the Crispr system in action. Illustration by Stephen Dixon, McGovern Institute for Brain Research
GENE THERAPY

World’s first gene-edited babies? Premature, dangerous and irresponsible

Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims to have engineered the world’s first genetically-modified babies. Did he unleash one of science’s worst fears?

  • Joyce Harper
5 min read