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What lies behind the hype and the hope of stem cell research and therapy

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This article is part of a series The Conversation Africa is running on stem cell research and therapy ahead of the launch of a special edition of the South African Journal of Bioethics and Law.

The words “stem cell research and therapy” evoke a number of responses. In emotionally vulnerable patients, a...

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A beginner's guide to understanding stem cells

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imageHuman bone marrow stem cells. Shutterstock

This article is part of a series The Conversation Africa is running on stem cell research and therapy ahead of special publication in the South African Journal of Bioethics and Law.

Broadly speaking, stem cells are used to treat disease or repair damaged tissue, to understand disease processes and for drug...

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Forget plagiarism: there's a new and bigger threat to academic integrity

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imageSome university students pay for their essays, assignments and even dissertations to be written via paper mills.Shutterstock

Academic plagiarism is no longer just sloppy “cut and paste” jobs or students cribbing large chunks of an assignment from a friend’s earlier essay on the same topic. These days, students can simply visit any...

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The risks attached to South Africa's nuclear energy strategy

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imageRadioactively contaminated territory around the Mayak nuclear facility in Russia.Nikulina/Slapovskaya/Heinrich Boell Foundation Moscow, Author provided

According to Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, the South African government has entered into a nuclear energy procurement process likely to be completed as early as 2016. So far, South Africa...

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