The brain surgeons hoping to transplant Groote Schuur success to solve Africa's brain disorders

Google the word ‘brain’ and the phrase ‘the least understood organ of the body’ and ‘final frontier’ pops up time and time again. What is intriguing about neuroscience as one of the scientists at UCT’s new neuroscience institute pointed out; you use an organ, the brain, to study itself. The University of Cape Town’s Neuroscience Institute is an African first which is bringing the various fields for basic research in brain disease and disorder under one roof in their quest to find African solutions. To achieve this, the Director of the Institute, Graham Fieggen says, he is going for a collaborative, global approach. - Linda van Tilburg