Promoting the genomic revolution in Africa through the Nigerian 100K Genome Project

S Fatumo, A Yakubu, O Oyedele, J Popoola… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
To leverage the genetic diversity in Nigeria, we established the Non-Communicable
Diseases Genetic Heritage Study (NCD-GHS) consortium to help produce a comprehensive …

The future of lymphoma diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment monitoring in countries with limited access to pathology services

C Chamba, W Mawalla - Seminars in Hematology, 2023 - Elsevier
The world is moving towards precision medicine for cancer. This movement goes hand in
hand with the development of newer advanced technologies for early, precise diagnosis of …

Advancing disease genomics beyond COVID-19 and reducing health disparities: what does the future hold for Africa?

C Ibe, AA Otu, NP Mnyambwa - Briefings in Functional …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in high-throughput sequencing technology as an
essential public health tool. Scaling up and operationalizing genomics in Africa is crucial as …

Parents and provider perspectives on the return of genomic findings for cleft families in Africa

AM Oladayo, S Prochaska, T Busch… - AJOB empirical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Inadequate knowledge among health care providers (HCPs) and parents of
affected children limits the understanding and utility of secondary genetic findings (SFs) in …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical principles, challenges and opportunities when conducting genetic counselling for schizophrenia

Z Zingela, F Sokudela, Y Thungana… - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ethical challenges of genetic counselling for schizophrenia include effective communication
of critical scientific information in an easily understood manner by patients and relatives, and …

[HTML][HTML] Perspectives and experiences of researchers regarding feedback of incidental genomic research findings: A qualitative study

J Ochieng, B Kwagala, J Barugahare, E Mwaka… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background There is a plethora of unanswered ethical questions about sharing incidental
findings in genetics and genomics research. Yet understanding and addressing such issues …

Genetic tests as the strongest motivator of cooperation between participants and biobanks–Findings from cross-sectional study

A Majchrowska, J Pawlikowski, J Sak… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The development of the scientific potential linked with biobanking and research
on human biological material is highly dependent on the willingness of potential donors to …

'It is a complex process, but it's very important to return these results to participants'. Stakeholders' perspectives on the ethical considerations for returning individual …

S Nabukenya, D Kyaddondo, A Twimukye… - Research …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to explore stakeholders' perspectives on the ethical considerations for
returning individual pharmacogenomics research results to people living with HIV. A …

[HTML][HTML] Perspectives of researchers, science policy makers and research ethics committee members on the feedback of individual genetic research findings in African …

F Musvipwa, A Wonkam, B Berkman, J de Vries - BMC Medical Ethics, 2024 - Springer
Background Genetic research can yield information that is unrelated to the study's objectives
but may be of clinical or personal interest to study participants. There is an emerging but …

Research participants' perspectives regarding the feedback of secondary findings–A cohort from the DDD‐Africa study, South Africa

B Shingwenyana, B Rossouw, J Thom… - Journal of Genetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic researchers face an ethical dilemma regarding feedback of individual results
generated from genomic studies. In the African setting, genomic research is still not widely …