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Singularity Summit 2024 brings mind-bending exponential technologies to Africa

Events & Conferencing

Singularity Summit 2024 brings mind-bending exponential technologies to Africa

Issued by Mann Made 7 Nov 2024

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how

Food Security

Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how

Alewo Idoko-Akoh 3 Nov 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Source: ©sebastien decoret

Ethics & Medicolegal

WHO guidelines on human genome editing: why countries need to follow them

Sheetal Soni 23 Aug 2021

A sticky situation: Part 2: Post humans, frogs and AGI

Marketing & Media

A sticky situation: Part 2: Post humans, frogs and AGI

Edward Herridge 27 Apr 2021

Any man-made changes to the human genome must be carefully regulated. Billon Photos/Shutterstock

Ethics & Medicolegal

Five principles that should guide future DNA 'editing' in South Africa

Bonginkosi Shozi & Marietjie Botes 16 Feb 2021

New technologies are helping people to choose when and how to have children. MidoSemSem/Shutterstock

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

New technologies mean states must reconsider what 'reproductive rights' are

Bonginkosi Shozi 23 Jul 2020

Looking to science for food security solutions

Food Security

Looking to science for food security solutions

Chyreene Truluck 27 May 2020

A researcher performs a CRISPR/Cas9 process at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine in Germany . Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 and gene editing: ethical and legal considerations

Sheetal Soni 25 May 2020

Bacteriophages infecting a bacterial cell.
Design_Cells/ Shutterstock

Pharmaceuticals

Antibiotic resistance: scientists are reengineering viruses to cure bacterial infections

Manal Mohammed & Andrew Millard 21 Jan 2020

Medical Research

Human gene editing: who decides the rules?

Sheetal Soni 16 Jan 2020

#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: How applied computing can save your life

Digital

#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: How applied computing can save your life

22 Oct 2019

SingularityU South Africa Summit 2019 full schedule announced

Events & Conferencing

SingularityU South Africa Summit 2019 full schedule announced

Issued by Mann Made 19 Sep 2019

Mosquito nets are often used where malaria is common. Shutterstock

Malaria

#WorldMalariaDay: As a Malian, the slogan 'zero malaria starts with me' has special meaning

Mamadou Coulibaly 25 Apr 2019

Bio-punks and the democratic DIY design of the human body

Design

Bio-punks and the democratic DIY design of the human body

Bronwyn Williams 14 Dec 2018

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

IP Law

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

Daniel Mak 5 Dec 2018

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2018. He made his first public comments about his claim of making the world’s first gene-edited babies.
AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Medical Research

How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby - and what health worries may ensue

George Seidel 3 Dec 2018

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

Agriculture

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

James Hereward and Caitlin Curtis 25 Oct 2018

Just who is Chuma Niklaas? Disruptor or menace?

Higher Education

Just who is Chuma Niklaas? Disruptor or menace?

Chuma Niklaas, Issued by AFDA 19 Oct 2018

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Research & Development

Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47%

Paul South 27 Jun 2018

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Agriculture

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

Huntington’s neurons show multiple nuclei (blue) within the same cell, and other signs of trouble, long before symptoms emerge.

Medical Research

Research shows Huntington's disease originates in embryonic development

13 Feb 2018

Genome editing reveals key gene for human embryo growth

Medical Research

Genome editing reveals key gene for human embryo growth

22 Sep 2017

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Agriculture

The challenge ahead: Harnessing gene editing to sustainable agriculture

Nteranya Sanginga 31 Mar 2017

By Martin Stübler, CC BY-SA 4.0,

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

How science can genetically strengthen endangered plants and agriculture

Muhammad Nakhooda 24 Jun 2016