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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...
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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 |
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author | Owolabi, Paul Adam, Yagoub Adebiyi, Ezekiel |
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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. |
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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 |
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