title: iPSCs for personalized medicine: what will it take for Africa?
abstract: Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are cutting edge biotechnology that may revolutionize medicine, and creating iPSCs from ethnically diverse individuals would generate valuable therapeutic and drug development tools. However, challenges must be overcome in creating the infrastructure and scientific capacity needed to pursue innovative, leapfrogging strategies to make iPSCs available in Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Physiology, Center for Regenerative Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. efakunl@scripps.edu
authors.forename: Eyitayo S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Fakunle
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; D007391:International Cooperation; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends