More health research based on data from Africa will benefit the continent and the world
More health research based on data from Africa will benefit the continent and the world
Professor Michèle Ramsay
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The global outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic and the race to bring an end to this scourge which has affected every segment of society has thrust the...
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Genetic research has a whiteness bias. H3Africa is trying to fix it
Genetic research has a whiteness bias. H3Africa is trying to fix it
By Thor Benson
April 4, 2021 8:00AM PST
DNA is an incredibly revealing thing. Just by looking at someone’s DNA, it’s possible to determine what kind of health problems that person is predisposed to. This kind of information is even...
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Three million genomes to improve the health of Africa and the whole world
Three million genomes to improve the health of Africa and the whole world
The Human Genome Project (PGH) ended in April 2003. Although it revolutionized medical knowledge, its benefits have rarely been felt in Africa. New work, published this week in the journal Nature, underscores that the fact that this...
Our goal at this meeting - the very first of its kind ever held in Africa - was to identify gaps in our knowledge and policies related to ethics in genomic research.