Africa’s First Genetics Study

Africa’s First Genetics Study Professor  Ambroise Wonkam, the Deputy Dean of UCT Health Science discussing Sickle Cell Disease which is the most common monogenic disease. https://iono.fm/e/928311

Former Fogarty grantee leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa

Former Fogarty grantee leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa Dr. Christian Happi is director of the African Centre of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease, and professor of molecular biology and genomics at Redeemer's University in Nigeria. A leading genomic sequencing expert, Happi is also a visiting scientist at Harvard University....

Africa’s scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities

Africa’s scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities In April 2020, about two months after the African continent recorded its first case of COVID-19, the African Academy of Sciences undertook an extensive survey of its members. This allowed hundreds of scientists in African countries to identify COVID-19 related research priorities across a range of disciplines. The Conversation Africa’s...