© Central University of Technology, Free State Declaration
DECLARATION
I, RICHIE MONYAKI, (South African ID number: ) hereby certify that the dissertation submitted by me for the degree MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCES IN
BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, is my own independent work; and complies with the Code of Academic Integrity, as well as other relevant policies, procedures, rules and regulations of the Central University of Technology (Free State). I hereby declare, that this research project has not been previously submitted before to any university or faculty for the attainment of any qualification. I further waive copyright of the dissertation in favour of the Central University of Technology (Free State).
Furthermore, I declare that some of the contents used in the thesis are my own work published in Nature publishing group journal “Scientific Reports” (as listed in Abstract of the thesis) where I serve as a co-author.
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© Central University of Technology, Free State © Central University of Technology, Free State Acknowledgements
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I pass my sincere gratitude to the following individuals for the success of my study to: