CBTBR at WITS

WITS Node of the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research

[National Research Foundation of South Africa @NRF_News]

A team from the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research @CBTBRwits has developed a solution to improve the accuracy and safety of #COVID19 testing through the use of “biomimicry”. #SouthAfrica

The team is headed up by Prof Bavesh Kana. https://t.co/4OKLdEN2Gf

[CBTBR at WITS @CBTBRwits]

SARS-CoV2 and TB. Not good. https://t.co/VryqZwMF62

[DIRCO South Africa @DIRCO_ZA]

#COVIDー19INFO Here’s what you need to understand about how #COVIDー19 #CoronaVirus spreads. Know the facts. #CoronavirusInSA

[NICD @nicd_sa]

#COVID19 PREVENTION TIP: Wash hands regularly in homes, schools, and crowded public spaces such as markets, places of worship, train/bus stations, etc. before preparing food, b4 and after eating, after using the toilet and changing a child’s nappy, and after touching and animals.

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

💜👂🏾🎧 ☕️#WorldHearingDay2020: When you meet a deaf person or those who are hard of hearing today this is how you say "It's nice to meet you". #WitsHearingCare #WitsEarCare #safelistening

[CBTBR at WITS @CBTBRwits]

Corona virus disease 2019
Covid-19. Scary.

[Eh!woza @ehwoza]

Exhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis output and detection of subclinical disease by face-mask sampling: prospective observational studies - The Lancet Infectious Diseases https://t.co/BI7isOieds

[CBTBR at WITS @CBTBRwits]

Boosting host immune defenses to treat tuberculosis https://t.co/eX07KS6ndh

[National Research Foundation of South Africa @NRF_News]

"Quite a bit has been written about an oversupply of PhD graduates. But this isn’t a problem in a country like South Africa where I have trained 52 PhD graduates, all of whom have found jobs," says Prof Brenda Wingfield. https://t.co/rQe7fMbuhk

[National Research Foundation of South Africa @NRF_News]

The rapid increase in both the intake and graduation of SA's doctoral candidates has raised some concerns over the quality of doctoral degrees. SA's Council on Higher Education is set to look into the matter. https://t.co/JQYsgBK1Db

[CBTBR at WITS @CBTBRwits]

This is very welcome news.
Switzerland Increases Contribution to Global Fund https://t.co/iOdsz6LZ7y

[TB Alliance @TBAlliance]

FDA Approves New Treatment for Highly Drug-Resistant Forms of Tuberculosis. Learn more: https://t.co/5ZsMPAqFGa

[JoVE @JoVEJournal]

Have you seen our Jove #ScienceEducation videos? These easy-to-follow video demonstrations can boost #STEM students’ performance making learning scientific fundamentals more engaging. The library includes 700+ videos with subtitles in 10 languages: https://t.co/vbHKPtOxk3

[Save Antibiotics @saveantibiotics]

"We shouldn't settle for a post-antibiotic fate," says @games_to_change. @sambrownlab @CCDD_HSPH @PLOSbiology @dukeresearch @dukefuqua https://t.co/gzM8Hy2L1N

[CBTBR at WITS @CBTBRwits]

Bacteria. Frozen. Let them go.

https://t.co/DHk6uEW2En

[Save Antibiotics @saveantibiotics]

“I don’t know where we got the impression that our bodies can’t fight simple infections on their own, but they can—and there are good reasons to let them,” says @jeffreylinder of @NUFeinbergMed. https://t.co/mhCps8jw3G via @PreventionMag

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

Our editorial this month, in time for #WorldImmunizationWeek

Failure to vaccinate and vaccine failure
https://t.co/OIForLNDrz

#VaccinesWork - let’s use them, improve their global distribution and work to develop new ones

[Bill Gates @BillGates]

Stories like this one from Kenya remind me of why Melinda and I started our foundation. I'm optimistic we will continue to make progress towards the day that no child dies from a preventable disease. #VaccinesWork

[CBTBR at WITS @CBTBRwits]

Responsible taxi driver.