Women in Health: It’s in the genes for Professor Michèle Ramsay

By Tiyese Jeranji, August 16, 2021

Posted in: COVID-19, Healthcare Workers, Latest

When renowned geneticist Professor Michèle Ramsay is not building knowledge of African genomic diversity and working on decoding clues for genetic susceptibility to disease, she is knitting a “COVID blanket”. Tiyese Jeranji spoke to her about her passion for genetics, the complexities of genome editing, and how she copes with COVID-19.

Women in Health: It’s in the genes for Professor Michèle Ramsay

For next pandemic we need vaccines in 100 days, says expert

By Chris Bateman, April 28, 2021

Posted in: Latest, TB

Developing COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year came from repurposing multiple, decade-old vaccine research platforms, but too many lives were lost, and a new goal of developing vaccines in 100 days is needed to counter the next global pathogen, experts say.

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