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Aspirin cuts cancer rates in people with hereditary risk by 60%
Research has provided proof that taking a regular dose of aspirin reduces the long-term risk of cancer in people with a family history of the disease by about 60 percent.
21 Nov 2011
UCT students apply beauty as well as brains
Two University of Cape Town students have been named Miss Cape Town 2011 and a semi-finalist in the Miss South Africa 2011 pageant, respectively.
21 Nov 2011
Three young UCT researchers selected for new science academy
Three University of Cape Town scientists, all in their early to mid-30s, are among the 20 founder members of the new South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) - selected from almost 150 nominations.
15 Nov 2011
USHAWCO helps learners to SHINE
With a social entrepreneurial spirit, SHAWCO (Students' Health and Welfare Centres Organisation) at the University of Cape Town introduced the SHAWCO SHINE programme to support students in grade 10, 11 and 12, by improving their academic results, boosting their confidence as well as stimulating their ambitions for further tertiary education.
11 Nov 2011
UCT researcher to receive L'Oréal-UNESCO Life Sciences award
Professor Jill Farrant, the Research Chair in Plant Molecular Physiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town, is 1 of the 5 exceptional women scientists from around the world who will receive the 2012 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards in Life Sciences for 2012. She will receive her award and US$100 000 prize money at a ceremony at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in March 2012.
11 Nov 2011
UCT conference to address challenges in treating and understanding lung diseas
The University of Cape Town, in association with the Hull/York Medical School, University of York, will host a conference on "21st Century Challenges of Chronic Lung Disease" on 14-16 November 2011, in the Institute for Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), on the Faculty of Health Sciences Campus of the University of Cape Town. Senior clinical and basic scientists will present a research-based overview of specific challenges associated treating chronic lung diseases and how current research efforts are increasing the opportunities for future therapies.
08 Nov 2011
UCT students win lion's share of awards in international landscape architecture competition
Three landscape architecture Masters students from the University of Cape Town have won 3 out of 4 awards at a recent International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA) competition.
01 Nov 2011
UCT Summer School 2012 programme is online
The course programme for the 62nd annual University of Cape Town Summer School is now available online at the Centre for Open Learning website. Summer School 2012 will run from Monday, 16 January to Friday, 27 January 2012.
31 Oct 2011
The course programme for the 62nd annual University of Cape Town Summer School is now available online at the Centre for Open Learning website. Summer School 2012 will run from Monday, 16 January to Friday, 27 January 2012.
31 Oct 2011
UCT research shows strong connection between Vitamin D deficiency and TB
Researchers at the University of Cape Town and the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in the UK have found that vitamin D deficiency is extremely common in black Africans living in Cape Town and is associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) infection. The research is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the USA.
25 Oct 2011
Origins of Political Order author Fukuyama to speak at UCT
World renowned political scientist Francis Fukuyama will give a public lecture on his landmark new book, The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, on Wednesday, 26 October, at 19:00 in Beattie Lecture Theatre on University Avenue, UCT Upper Campus. The lecture will explore the provenance of 3 basic political institutions - the state, the rule of law, and accountability - that constitute the basis for modern government.
24 Oct 2011
UCT forensic science expert to discuss war on violence against women in SA
Professor Lorna Martin will discuss her experiences as a forensic pathologist and present some of her findings on violence against women in South Africa, when she gives her inaugural lecture on 26 October 2011, at the University of Cape Town.
24 Oct 2011
Physics leader to speak at UCT for non-physics audience
Professor Anton Zeilinger of the University of Vienna, Austria, will speak on "Quantum Games and Quantum Information" at the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture at the University of Cape Town on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 at 18:00, in Kramer Lecture Theatre 1. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public. Please contact Ms Michelle Moses via email or telephone 021 650 4870 to ensure seating is available.
20 Oct 2011
UCT molecular genetics expert to explain how novelty and diversity evolve in plants and animals
Data from large-scale DNA sequencing projects in the last 2 decades has shown that common sets of genes regulate development in animals and plants respectively. Given the remarkable conservation of these genes, a key challenge becomes understanding how morphological diversity has evolved in plants and animals. Professor Nicola Illing, of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town, will present evidence that novelty evolves from the recycling of existing genetic regulatory loops, rather than from the de novo appearance of new genes via protein evolution. Prof Illing will discuss her current research interests in Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics in her inaugural lecture, "Evo-devo: Clues to morphological and functional diversity in bats and resurrection plants".
17 Oct 2011
It Gets Better, Tutu and UCT members tell young people
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has joined University of Cape Town (UCT) students and staff, local civil society organisations and high-profile individuals, to create It Gets Better - Cape Town: a collection of 18 videos that form the first South African contribution to a global video campaign targeting sexual minorities who experience discrimination in secondary schools and beyond. The group includes the captain of the UCT Rugby Team, the editor of the Varsity student newspaper, members of the UCT Student Representative Council, university staff members and students.
12 Oct 2011
UCT student team scoops research prize at transplant conference
For the first time, the South African Transplant Society (SATS) has presented its annual prize for the best original research presentation to 2 final-year medical students, for their research on the correlation between how a kidney functions in the first few days after transplantation, and the long-term outcome of the transplanted kidney.
10 Oct 2011
UCT African literature scholar dies
Dr Reuben Chirambo, a senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town, died of cancer on Thursday evening, 6 October 2011, at the age of 48.
07 Oct 2011
Broken hearts, spacemen, wattle trees and a man with one leg: My extraordinary journey in medicine
Professor Wayne Derman of the University of Cape Town has provided important clinical support to South Africa's athletes at international level: as Chief Medical Officer for the South African Team to the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and as Medical Officer for the South African Paralympic Team to Beijing in 2008. From December 2001 to May 2002, he served as Flight Surgeon to Cosmonaut Mark Shuttleworth during the "First African in Space" mission in Russia. He recently served as the Medical Officer for Cape Town for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
03 Oct 2011
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