CRISPR in Sub-Saharan Africa: Applications and Education

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology has enabled genetic engineering feats previously considered impracticable, offering great hopes for solutions to problems facing society. We consider it timely to highlight how CRISPR can benefit public health, medicine, a...

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Autores principales: Ogaugwu, Christian E., Agbo, Stanley O., Adekoya, Modinat A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science Publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6378648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30100229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.07.012
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Sumario:Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology has enabled genetic engineering feats previously considered impracticable, offering great hopes for solutions to problems facing society. We consider it timely to highlight how CRISPR can benefit public health, medicine, and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and offer recommendations for successful implementation.

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