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…3 min read·Apr 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…4 min read·Dec 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…4 min read·Nov 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…3 min read·Oct 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?5 min read·Oct 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…5 min read·Oct 4, 2016--2--2
