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Company: |
Medical Research Council |
| Intern: |
Sechaba Bareetseng |
| CV: |
PhD Microbiology
Technology Transfer Intern
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Company Background
MRC is a statutory research body that
focuses on improving the health and quality of life of
the population of South Africa through relevant and exceptional
scientific research. It identifies current problems and
long-term issues, getting the teams and the funding together
to develop and implement solutions.
The MRC is a science, engineering and
technology institution, largely funded by government and
is organised into six national programmes including:
- Environment and Health
- Health systems and policy
- Infection and immunity
- Molecules to disease
- Non-communicable diseases
- Women and child health
In carrying out this research the organisation also focuses
on:
- Ethics and human rights
- Capacity development
- Culture and indigenous knowledge
- Information and knowledge management
- Intellectual property
Role of Intern
Sechaba is gathering on-the-job experience by helping
to develop a model for the validation and commercialisation
of Traditional Medicine (TM). This will involve the following:
A literature review of TM and Indigenous Knowledge Systems;
practical application of resulting knowledge through the
commercialisation of one or more TM’s; and the development
and refinement of a commercialisation model for TM’s
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