The Faculty of Health Sciences is recognized nationally and internationally as an outstanding institution in terms of its education of health professionals, its research and its clinical service. Furthermore, it is an institution with a tradition of excellence and a proud history. A great health sciences institution, however, never rests comfortably on its past successes. A great health sciences institution does more than make history – it makes the future. The Faculty management is deeply committed and this has been translated into an action agenda which recognises the need for constant innovation and is dedicated to meet the health sciences challenges: those not yet conquered and those not yet known.
Students learn to make a life, make a living and make a difference. Graduates become community leaders that are distinct in their ability to think, communicate and contribute.
Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences has a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches.
The department of Physiology is actively involved in research relating to the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease with special reference to cardiomyopathy.
Q: Are you required to undergo medical tests to become a donor?
A: All donors will be screened and tested for transmittable diseases, to ensure the safety of the recipients.
With advances in medical technology, patients with diseases of the major organs such as the heart, liver, kidney and pancreas are not facing a death sentence. An organ transplant can ensure that such patients can still live long and fulfilled lives. However, modern technology has advanced to such an extent that it is not just organs that can be transplanted, but tissue as well. Unfortunately, the demand for human tissue transplants currently far outweighs the supply, and new human tissue donors are constantly sought.
With 2008 having gained full momentum within a short space of time, the National Tissue Bank at the University of Pretoria is in full swing. In this edition we bring you valuable reading on bone physiology and substitutes written by experts in the field of allograft bone and tissue. We would also like to mention our price increase which will be implemented as from 1 July 2008.
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With advances in medical technology, patients with diseases of the major organs such as the heart, liver, kidney and pancreas are not facing a death sentence. An organ transplant can ensure that such patients can still live long and fulfilled lives. However, modern technology has advanced to such an extent that it is not just organs that can be transplanted, but tissue as well. Unfortunately, the demand for human tissue transplants currently far outweighs the supply, and new human tissue donors are constantly sought.
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