Cargando…

Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges

Personalized medicine has been identified as a powerful tool for addressing the myriad of health issues facing different health systems globally. Although recent studies have expanded our understanding of how different factors such as genetics and the environment play significant roles in affecting...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Owolabi, Paul, Adam, Yagoub, Adebiyi, Ezekiel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10546210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37795248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1233338
_version_ 1785114826481074176
author Owolabi, Paul
Adam, Yagoub
Adebiyi, Ezekiel
author_facet Owolabi, Paul
Adam, Yagoub
Adebiyi, Ezekiel
author_sort Owolabi, Paul
collection PubMed
description Personalized medicine has been identified as a powerful tool for addressing the myriad of health issues facing different health systems globally. Although recent studies have expanded our understanding of how different factors such as genetics and the environment play significant roles in affecting the health of individuals, there are still several other issues affecting their translation into personalizing health interventions globally. Since African populations have demonstrated huge genetic diversity, there is a significant need to apply the concepts of personalized medicine to overcome various African-specific health challenges. Thus, we review the current state, progress, and challenges facing the adoption of personalized medicine in Africa with a view to providing insights to critical stakeholders on the right approach to deploy.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10546210
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-105462102023-10-04 Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges Owolabi, Paul Adam, Yagoub Adebiyi, Ezekiel Front Genet Genetics Personalized medicine has been identified as a powerful tool for addressing the myriad of health issues facing different health systems globally. Although recent studies have expanded our understanding of how different factors such as genetics and the environment play significant roles in affecting the health of individuals, there are still several other issues affecting their translation into personalizing health interventions globally. Since African populations have demonstrated huge genetic diversity, there is a significant need to apply the concepts of personalized medicine to overcome various African-specific health challenges. Thus, we review the current state, progress, and challenges facing the adoption of personalized medicine in Africa with a view to providing insights to critical stakeholders on the right approach to deploy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10546210/ /pubmed/37795248 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1233338 Text en Copyright © 2023 Owolabi, Adam and Adebiyi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Genetics
Owolabi, Paul
Adam, Yagoub
Adebiyi, Ezekiel
Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges
title Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges
title_full Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges
title_fullStr Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges
title_short Personalizing medicine in Africa: current state, progress and challenges
title_sort personalizing medicine in africa: current state, progress and challenges
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10546210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37795248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1233338
work_keys_str_mv AT owolabipaul personalizingmedicineinafricacurrentstateprogressandchallenges
AT adamyagoub personalizingmedicineinafricacurrentstateprogressandchallenges
AT adebiyiezekiel personalizingmedicineinafricacurrentstateprogressandchallenges