A R17m grant over the next five years will help develop science-based solutions and developing technologies that utilise indigenous knowledge (IK) and South African iconic biodiversity to produce high-quality proprietary and commercial African traditional medicine (ATM) products, focusing on priority diseases.

We have the technology to start a new era in medicine by precisely matching drugs to people's genetic code, a major report says.

The global pharmaceutical industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but over recent years, a somewhat unlikely challenger to its all-encompassing market domination has emerged: fresh produce. Buoyed by proponents from medical professionals to produce advocates, the concept of the ‘medicinal value’ of produce has gathered momentum.