Quest Volume 14 Number 3 2018
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Date
2018
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Sponsorship
Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Abstract
The science of everything Reinhard Hiller explains how our understanding of DNA and the human genome can improve medical care - Precision medicine – Moving away from one-size-fits-all Stefan Kohler discusses how precision health principles apply to various areas of healthcare - Getting personal about Psychiatry: Pharmacogenetics in Africa: we all react differently to different medicines. Emma Frickel, Ellen Ovenden, Celia van der Merwe, Louise Warnich and Nathaniel W Mcgregor explain why - Basics for precision medicine – From DNA to doctor, Jorge da Rocha and Mahtaab Hayat explain how understanding DNA is vital to precision medicine features - Science clubs: The missing link in our science education and communication efforts - Precision medicine for Africa: challenges and opportunities, Michèle Ramsay explains the basics of precision medicine -News - Bridging the digital divide with photonoics - Scientists peep deep into a diamond crystal to get information about the nature of its defects - First tetrapods of Africa lived within the Devonian Antarctic Circle - In the gaping mouth of ancient crocodiles - Cranium of a four-million-yearold hominin shows similarities to that of modern humans.
Description
Cite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2018). Quest: Science for South Africa, 14(3). [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/103
Subject
Agricultural Research Council (ARC) , Photonoics , Tetrapods , Biotechnology , Food and Nutrition , Sustainable Horticulture , Consumer Sciences , Genome Technologies , Precision Medicine , Drug Dosage , Mental Illness , Psychiatric Drug , Natural Resources , Pharmacogenetics , DNADOI
Citation
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2018). Quest: Science for South Africa, 14(3). [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/103
Peer review status
Non-Peer Reviewed