Gene and cell therapy in South Africa : current status and future prospects
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Ely, Abdullah
Bloom, Kori
Maepa, Mohube Betty
Mahlangu, John N.
Pepper, Michael Sean
Arbuthnot, P.
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
South Africa has a high disease burden resulting from communicable and non-communicable diseases. Current therapeutic interventions rarely result in a cure and the associated lifelong treatment places a considerable strain on an overburdened health sector. Gene and cell therapies present novel alternatives to disease management, offering the promise of a single treatment and a lifelong cure. Although challenges remain, investment in the field has started to bear fruit, with a number of gene and cell therapeutics reaching the market in the past decade. To take full advantage of these developments, it is important that a proactive approach to nurturing appropriate human and material resources is adopted in the country.
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Cell therapy, Gene therapy, Tissue transplant, Clinical management, Health care sector, South Africa (SA)
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Ely, A., Bloom, K., Maepa, M.B. et al. 2019,' Gene and cell therapy in South Africa : current status and future prospects', South African Medical Journal, vol. 109, no. 8, pp. S13-S17.