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Mar
Boitumelo Foundation donates P 1.4 million for cancer research equipment for UB.
The Foundation donated cancer research equipment worth of 1.4 million to University of Botswana through Ministry of Health. The equipment was the first of its kind to ever be commissioned in Africa. This equipment can able to detect extracellular vesicles down to a size of 150 millimeters, would be used for research on cancer cells and CD 4 cell monitoring for HIV/AIDS patients. Machine can conserve precious samples and at the same time maximize data collection and show cases high efficiency with low noise performance and easy mobility.