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09 September 2021 | Story Lacea Loader

Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Free State (UFS), will answer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and its affects.

The webinar will address questions such as the following:

• what vaccination is and how it works
• how vaccines are developed and how we know they are safe and effective
• how the COVID-19 vaccine works and how it can protect you
• the side effects of the vaccine
• the risks vs benefits of the vaccine.

You can also forward questions prior to the webinar to grimbeekl@ufs.ac.za

Date: Friday 10 September 2021
Time: 11:00-12:00
Register for the webinar

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Cell Biology receives money for further development

2007-11-08

The Netcare Private Hospital Group yesterday made a donation to the value of R265 000 to the Department of Haematology and Cell Biology at the University of the Free State (UFS). The money will be for among others the establishment of a bone marrow transplant programme, the development of a molecular biology laboratory and the development of anti- leukaemia remedies. Celebrating the donation were, from the left: Prof. Gert van Zyl (Head of the School of Medicine at the UFS), Prof. Letticia Moja (Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the UFS), Prof. Dion du Plessis (Director of Netcare Holdings), and Prof. Philip Badenhorst (Head of the Department of Haematology and Cell Biology at the UFS).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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