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Dr Kristie Bloom receives a funding excellence award
SA scientists were testing a promising HIV vaccine until the funding stopped
Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when she had to stop working.
USAID funding cuts jeopardises breakthrough research
The head of AGRTU, Professor Patrick Arbuthnot adds his voice to the important mission of preserving early-stage research.
AGTRU's lab tech on Metro FM
Nozipho Mlotshwa, the medical laboratory technician at AGTRU, was interviewed on Metro FM on her thoughts about the implications of the stop-work orders imposed
How research underfunding robs South Africa of scientific innovations
Universities are battling to retain skilled, young, and promising scientists and, at times, have had to divert from the country's priority research areas.
Wits and Biovac partner to develop skills to produce viral vectored vaccines in South Africa
The Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit via Wits Enterprise has partnered with Biovac to develop the skills capacity to produce viral vectored vaccines in SA.