Featured Research: Health

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Research helps to identify South Africa's lost children

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) thousands of children across the globe are victims of homicide annually, despite the right to protection and care afforded by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Innovative prostheses to restore hearing

Many of us take for granted things such as the ability to hear and enjoy music, the sound of children laughing or the simple joy of being part of a conversation with good friends. We usually don’t even think about how privileged we are in being able to hear.

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Bedside to bench: research by new institute at UP driven by patients in need

“There are more than 6 million HIV+ people living in our region, and some would say we are the 3^rd most obese nation in the world,” says Prof Michael Pepper, Director of the recently launched Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM) at the University of Pretoria (UP).

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Discovery leads to patenting and international demand

The recent UP discovery of a novel compound holds so much promise that some of the world’s leading scientists and pharmaceutical companies want to get involved in its future development.

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Have your (low GI) cake and eat it

Food with a low glycaemic index (GI) is generally considered healthier because it is digested at a slower rate than high GI food, thus providing sustained energy release. However, many people prefer high GI food such as cake because it simply tastes better.

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Research to benefit the poorest of the poor

In the developing world, many people are still debilitated by illnesses resulting from micronutrient deficiencies. Over 1.6 billion people worldwide suffer from anaemia, which is mainly due to iron deficiency.