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Stabilizing Proteins Might One Day Help Treat Cancer
Peruvian scientist Yanymee Nimesia Guillen Quispe studies stabilizing proteins that might one day help treat cancer, while also strengthening scientific ties between South America and Asia through an organisation she co-founded, called SAPPIENS.
‘Replaying’ Evolution May Help Avoid Antibiotic Resistance
Colombian biologist Camilo Barbosa is looking to replicate the process of evolution because if some evolutionary paths are consistent, then science may one day be able to predict when and how antibiotic resistance will evolve.
Scientists Use Big Data To Fight HIV In Sub-Saharan Africa
South African researcher Dr Edith Phalane is using big data to see which are the most effective HIV control programs in sub-Saharan Africa, with the goal of ending HIV/AIDS as an epidemic by 2030.
Meet The Nigerian Tackling The Genetic Basis Of Cancer
Nigerian researcher Professor Olufunmilayo Olopade has worked for decades in the search for the genetic basis of breast cancer, now she is teaming up with an African startup to sequence populations that are under-represented in the medical literature.
Dragonfly Wings Inspire This Colombian’s Germ-Killing Materials
For decades, households have sprayed or wiped down surfaces to kill bacteria – but Colombian scientist Sandra Arias is investigating smart materials that use nothing more than their microscopic, spiky texture to kill bacteria. #globalsouthscience
Expert Warns Cold Chain Infrastructure Overhaul Needed For Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout
Lenias Hwenda, an immunologist and international health expert from Zimbabwe has warned the cold-chain logistics of distributing an RNA vaccine for Covid-19 are going to be challenging for most lower-middle-income countries and rural areas. #globalso…
Rwandan And Harvard Med Students Help Shatter The Coronavirus Language Barrier
Olivier Uwishema, a Rwandan now studying medicine in Turkey, used money he saved from his monthly scholarship stipend to create a non-profit, an organisation which is now helping to translate and distribute vital Covid-19 information around the world….
This Iraqi Dentist Is Mapping Tumors And Fighting For Gender Equality
Iraq’s Osamah Ridha Alwash may only be 25 years of age, but he has already helped map tumors across his home province and has also advocated for gender equality during Iraq’s peace-building process. #globalsouthscience
Will Coronavirus Measures Slow The Spread Of Measles? Ask This Ghanaian
Ghanaian reseracher James Azam uses mathematics to model how different measures, such as vaccination and social distancing, impact on the spread of measles – but now there’s a new factor: the novel coronavirus Covid-19. #globalsouthscience
Fossil Plants Could Help This South African Solve A 200-Year Puzzle
Paleobotanist Aviwe Matiwane is working in her native South Africa to find and catalog fossils of a plant that can provide us with a glimpse back in time to the climate and even food chains of a time before the dinosaurs. #globalsouthscience
