Ashley JacobsIt’s never lupus (except on Tuesday)If Greg House taught me anything, it’s that the diagnosis is never lupus. Except when you are working in Tuesday Lupus Clinic (as I did in…Apr 17, 2017Apr 17, 2017
Ashley JacobsA brief primer on BCG vaccinationLast week I was studying a strain of Mycobacterium bovis BCG that had been modified to express Green Fluorescent Protein, also known as the…Dec 21, 2016Dec 21, 2016
Ashley JacobsFrom Roman gods to ShampooFor many of us, the end of this year could not come soon enough. We all look forward to January, a month of blank pages and new…Nov 11, 2016Nov 11, 2016
Ashley JacobsGenetic diversity in South AfricaI’ve been reading ‘The Gene’ by Dr Siddharta Mukherjee these past couple weeks. He is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, an oncologist and an…Oct 25, 2016Oct 25, 2016
Ashley JacobsFactors involved in progression of HIV-1 after transmissionIs there an unwritten dichotomy in medicine between biomedicine and something we’d call compassionate care?Oct 16, 2016Oct 16, 2016
Ashley JacobsBringing science to the ward roundIn South Africa, many people are able to at least understand a language other than their mother tongue. Even if it’s just a greeting or…Oct 4, 20162Oct 4, 20162