Swedish and South African universities’ collaboration on Agenda 2030 challenges

SASUF (the South Africa-Sweden University Forum) is a partnership among 36 Swedish and South African universities with the aim of strengthening collaboration between the two countries in research, education and innovation. For six days, from 6 to 11 May, the second week-long research and innovation event in Stellenbosch will bring together some 500 researchers, decision-makers…

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‘Gut-on-a-chip’ research aims to find personalized treatment for Crohn’s disease

IMAGE: Hyun Jung Kim, a biomedical engineer from UT Austin, holding a sample of his ‘Gut-On-A-Chip’ Technology, which will help inform his work in better understanding Crohn’s Disease…. view more  Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin To model human health and disease, organ-on-a-chip technology mimics the human body’s organ structure, functionality…

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Royal Milliner Rosie Rubin Opens Up About Designing Hats For Her ‘Dream’ Client Kate Middleton

Max Mumby/IndigoGetty Images At the ANZAC Day Service at Westminster Abbey last week, the Duchess of Cambridge stepped out in an elegant teal headpiece designed by the royal family’s go-to milliner, Rosie Rubin of Rosie Olivia Millinery. Her creation, called the “Varick,” featured pheasant- feathers, which Rubin individually hand-curled, and matched the hat’s felt fabric…

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Top Executives of Insys, an Opioid Company, Are Found Guilty of Racketeering

BOSTON — A federal jury on Thursday found the top executives of Insys Therapeutics, a company that sold a fentanyl-based painkiller, guilty of racketeering charges in a rare criminal prosecution that blamed corporate officials for contributing to the nation’s opioid epidemic. The jury, after deliberating for 15 days, issued guilty verdicts against the company’s founder,…

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McKesson, Drug Distribution Giant, Settles Lawsuit Over Opioids in West Virginia

The state of West Virginia on Wednesday settled a lawsuit against the nation’s largest drug distributor, which had been accused of shipping nearly 100 million doses of addictive opioids to residents over a six-year period. The state’s suit accused McKesson Corporation of putting profits ahead of residents’ welfare by failing to investigate, report or stop…

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