By Guy Martin, defenceWeb - 9 January 2026
 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has reported strong progress across several advanced radar programmes, showcasing its growing role in defence, security and airspace management through new ground-based, naval and passive radar...

The toTIL Score is an innovative scoring system designed to predict the likelihood of cancer patients responding to immunotherapy based on the level of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) within the tumour. By evaluating the extent and distribution of TIL infiltration, the toTIL Score provides a...

Jessica-NGO Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation specialising in research and development, project management, and innovation, with a focus on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience. The organisation’s areas of expertise include biotechnology, bioengineering, biodiversity, ocean science, renewable energy, carbon footprint reduction, and carbon removal.

Stellenbosch’s solution is a 2-component injectable hydrogel designed to block the vas deferens, thus preventing the passage of sperm cells. Unlike a vasectomy, this hydrogel is reversible, restoring fertility.

The hydrogel is formulated from two aqueous polymer solutions with complementary reactive...

The technology integrates melatonin with bio-identical estrogen to counteract the pro tumorigenic effects associated with estrogen. The research conducted demonstrated that combining melatonin with estrogen diminishes estrogen’s proliferative impact on breast cancer cells and attenuates their...

The CREDO (CartRidge Extractor DiagnOsis) Device is a device designed to safely and sterilely remove fluid remaining after assay completion from used cartridges (this used cartridge would otherwise be discarded). This fluid can be useful for downstream applications (these downstream tests could be...

Nanosene (Pty) Ltd‘s technology centres around the development of polymer tools tailored for membrane proteins (MP) drug target research. Unlike existing solutions, Nanosene’s polymers are optimised to isolate MPs, with the added benefit of customisation possibilities. This technology enables the...

The increasing interest in traditional medicine (TM) herbs for chronic disease treatment has led to significant research into plant-based therapeutics with antioxidant properties. One plant of particular interest is Leonotis leonurus, a South African TM plant, of which leaves have been extensively...

The technology promises to be a new treatment for breast or oesophageal cancer. This drug candidate shows great promise in vitro at inducing cytotoxicity in cancer cell lines with similar activities to very potent clinical chemotherapeutics currently on the market. In addition, there are no similar...

This technology introduces a rationally designed, simple, new block copolymer (BCP) for Pt-drug delivery, with great promise for scaled-up synthesis and clinical application.

The functional block copolymer can be used as a drug carrier in nano-delivery systems. 

Benefits
Simplicity and efficiency...