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Drs Patience Mthunzi-Kufa and Angela Dudley fly CSIR flag high

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CSIR Biophotonics research group leader, Dr Patience Mthunzi-Kufa was one of 20 young scientists selected and invited by the Department of Science and Technology to represent South Africa at the 2nd Annual BRICS Young Scientist Forum in China, Zhejiang University. BRICS is the acronym for an asso...

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Natural product chemistry

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Natural product chemistry is a branch of chemistry that deals with the isolation, purification, identification, structure elucidation and study of the chemical characteristics of chemical substances produced by living organisms and especially plants. The CSIR’s expertise in natural product chemis...

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Molecular diagnostics

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Molecular diagnostics is the use of molecular biology techniques to detect and characterise disease pathogens at a point-of-care, meaning in the field. The CSIR’s molecular diagnostics expertise is applicable in livestock disease outbreak; military sweeps for troop settlements; emergency first-re...

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A novel screening technology platform

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The CSIR has developed a ‘movable type’ high-throughput microarray printing technology that can compress several individual RNA-interference (RNAi) experiments onto a single glass slide. The technology, licensed to Persomics AB – which has recently completed its impressive portfolio of key patent...

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Promising preliminary results for point-of-care fetal ultrasound device

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The CSIR together with the Medical Research Council, have developed and tested a low-cost Doppler ultrasound device that aims to place Doppler technology at the primary healthcare level. The technology can potentially reduce referrals for small-for-gestational-age fetuses to secondary healthcare ...

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Encapsulation of sensitive actives for human and animal health

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The CSIR has developed solvent-free ‘green’ encapsulation technologies for sensitive actives used in animal and human health such as probiotics, proteins, vaccines, drugs, vitamins and bioactive plant extracts to enhance their shelf-life stability and/or bioavailability. The encapsulation of acti...

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Drs Patience Mthunzi-Kufa and Angela Dudley fly CSIR flag high

Natural product chemistry

Molecular diagnostics

A novel screening technology platform

Promising preliminary results for point-of-care fetal ultrasound device

Encapsulation of sensitive actives for human and animal health

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