To celebrate South African Women’s Day this year, I wanted to highlight two crucial cancer screening procedures that can save lives!...

Family history taking is one of the first things to happen in a genetic counselling session. This is not because the genetic counsellor...

I recently attended the International Conference of Human Genetics (ICHG), which was held in Cape Town! I learnt so much about various...

Uveal melanoma is one of the rarest and most aggressive types of cancer. The cancer starts in the eye, and in 50% of patients, the cancer...

High-grade serious ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is a type of ovarian cancer and is the 5th leading cause of cancer-related deaths in females...

Fireflies have been dazzling and lighting up the night skies for millions of years. Scientists have long been using the enzyme...

I briefly mentioned breast cancer in my previous post about colon cancer. Still, as I am sure you will agree, breast cancer deserves its...

As if this year couldn’t get any crazier! Well, actually, I am only bringing this up now; the information about zombie elephants has been...

Cancers collectively affect more than 43 million people globally. 1 in 5 men and 1 in 6 women develop cancer during their lifetime, and 1...