South Africa: from species cradle to genomic applications.
Nat Rev Genet
; 9 Suppl 1: S19-23, 2008 10.
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ABSTRACT
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.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_tuberculosis
Asunto principal:
Genómica
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Rev Genet
Asunto de la revista:
GENETICA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá