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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
South africa: From species cradle to genomic applications
Nature Reviews Genetics, Volume 9, Year 2008
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The South African government is committed to science and technology innovation, to establishing a knowledge-based economy and to harnessing life-sciences research for health and economic development. Given the constraints and the early stage of development of the field as a whole in south Africa, we found an impressive amount of research on human genomic variation in this country. Encouragingly, south Africa is beginning to apply genomics to address local health needs, including HIv and tuberculosis (TB) infections. We document a number of initiatives in south Africa that are beginning to study genetic variation within the various local indigenous populations. Other early initiatives focus on pharmacogenetic studies, mutation characterization in individual disease genes and genome-wide association studies. Public engagement in genomic issues is spear-headed by The Africa Genome Education Institute. © 2008 Macmillan Publishers Limited.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hardy, Billie Jo
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Séguin, Béatrice
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Ramesar, Rajkumar S.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Singer, Peter A.
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Canada, Toronto
Mars Centre
Daar, Abdallah S.
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Canada, Toronto
Mars Centre
Statistics
Citations: 33
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/nrg2441
ISSN:
14710056
e-ISSN:
14710064
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
South Africa