First-of-its-kind liver perfusion tech could expand transplant possibilities
Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre installs Africa’s first liver perfusion machine.
26 June 2026
South Africa’s tuberculosis research changes global medical practice
SA clinical study that began in a research unit in Gqeberha (PE), Eastern Cape, has transformed global treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
25 June 2026
Protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils finds zero male markers
New analysis of the fossils reveals hints to the first known example of a sex-specific burial site from a non-human species.
25 June 2026
Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex
The R300m Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex, an integrated training, exercise, clinical practice, and research complex, launches at Wits University. Located on the Wits Education Campus in Parktown, next to the Linder Auditorium, this Wits Centenary project is a flagship institute for training, exercise, teaching, research, and services in sports science and exercise medicine, in the heart of Johannesburg.
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