Two decades ago, the sequence of the first human genome was published. Since then,
advances in genome technologies have resulted in whole-genome sequencing and …

Genomic research is one of the tools for elucidating the pathogenesis of diseases of global
health relevance and paving the research dimension to clinical and public health translation …

Genetic diversity is greater in Africa than in other continental populations. Genetic variability
in genes encoding drug metabolizing enzymes may contribute to the high numbers of …

More than thirty years ago in the United States, the National Center for Human Genome
Research (NCHGR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its partner in the Human …

Background The introduction of genomics and biobanking methodologies to the African
research context has also introduced novel ways of doing science, based on values of …

Recent methodological advances have increased the pace and scale of African ancient
DNA (aDNA) research, inciting a rush to sample broadly from museum collections, and …

Differences in response to medications have a strong genetic component. By leveraging
publically available data, the spectrum of such genomic variation can be investigated …

A generic framework for providing participant information and implementing a tiered consent
process for health genomic research in Africa can help to harness global health benefits …

Purpose Cybersecurity in healthcare has become an urgent matter in recent years due to
various malicious attacks on hospitals and other parts of the healthcare infrastructure. The …

Background The rise in genomic and biobanking research worldwide has led to the
development of different informed consent models for use in such research. This study …