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  • One step closer to malaria elimination

    Posted on June 08, 2017

    An international collaborative effort, including researchers from UP, the University of Cape Town and partners, has resulted in the identification of a new chemical compound that can potentially eliminate malaria.

  • New compounds show promise for the treatment of tuberculosis

    Posted on April 18, 2017

    A study by researchers in the Department of Chemical Pathology at the University of Pretoria has identified three compounds that may have potential for the treatment of tuberculosis.

  • Official opening of the Tšwelopele Building on the Prinshof Campus

    Posted on August 17, 2016

    The newly built Tšwelopele Building on the Prinshof Campus of the University of Pretoria was officially opened by the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, and the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UP, Prof Cheryl de la Rey on Monday, 15 August 2016.

  • Alzheimer’s disease – Old friends and new promises

    Posted on July 28, 2015

    Prof Vanessa Steenkamp and the Phytomedicine Unit in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Pretoria (UP), are involved in research to obtain safer and more efficacious treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

  • The WITS Pharmacology and Toxicology Congress

    Posted on April 07, 2015

    The Department of Pharmacology of the University of the Witwatersrand is proud to announce the Pharmacology and Toxicology Congress (WitsPhar2015) on behalf of the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (SASBCP) and Toxicology Society of South Africa (TOXSA).

  • SA to host World Congress of Pharmacology (WCP2014)

    Posted on April 03, 2014

    This year, South Africa is pleased to announce that they are hosting the World Congress of Pharmacology (WCP2014) in Cape Town from 13 to 18 July at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The overall theme of the congress is

  • 46th Annual Congress of the SASBCP in association with Department of Family Medicine and TOXSA

    Posted on August 05, 2012

    The Department of Pharmacology (University of Pretoria) wishes to remind you of the Annual Congress of the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology in association with the Department of Family Medicine (University of Pretoria) and Toxicol

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