Physicists particularly highlighted work being done by scientific research centre IThemba LABS with the aim of enhancing cancer therapies.
CAPE TOWN - The National Research Foundation says South Africa has showcased that it’s one of the major global players in nuclear physics.
The National Research Foundation has stressed the importance of this research, especially considering a World Health Organization prediction that at least one million people in Africa will succumb to cancer annually by 2030. "... which hopefully in the future will result in what we call theranostics which is a combination of not just location and imaging of cancer cells, but being able to deliver treatment to the specific cells..."
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