Tag: African
Newly Launched African-centric Biobank Offers Researchers Access to African Biospecimens to Diversify Genomics and...
MyAfroDNA is a limited liability company that provides a solution to the significant lack of African representation in translational and genomics research. The African-centric biobank offers access to ethically sourced African biospecimens across several therapeutic areas for researchers interested in...
Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitude of Egyptian Physicians Towards Biobanking Issues
The complete mapping of the human genome has greatly expanded the ability to better understand the genetic basis of human disease, thus ushering in new era of personalized medicine1. Thus there is a need for the establishment of biobanks...
Biobanking Science: Lessons from African Biobanks
With the recent advances in genomic sequencing, proteomics and precision medicine, biobanks are becoming more prevalent around the world. So are large-scale population studies such as the UK Biobank.
H3Africa Project and Biobanks
The Human, Hereditary and Health in Africa (H3Africa)...