Opportunities and barriers to establishing a cell therapy programme in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorJackson, Carlo Stephan
dc.contributor.authorPepper, Michael Sean
dc.contributor.emailmichael.pepper@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-07T06:29:21Z
dc.date.available2014-02-07T06:29:21Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-29
dc.description.abstractThe establishment of a cell therapy programme in South Africa has the potential to contribute to the alleviation of the country’s high disease burden and also to contribute to economic growth. South Africa has various positive attributes that favour the establishment of such a high-profile venture; however, there are also significant obstacles which need to be overcome. We discuss the positive and negative features of the current health biotechnology sector. The positive factors include a strong market pull and a highly innovative scientific and medical community, while the most problematic features include the lack of human resources and education and limited funding. The South African Government has undertaken to strengthen the biotechnology sector in general, but a focus on cell therapy is lacking. The next important step would be to provide financial, legal/ethical and other support for groups that are active and productive in this field through the development of a local cell therapy programme.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2014en_US
dc.description.librarianay2014
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Medical Research Council and Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst-National Research Foundation.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://stemcellres.com/content/4/3/54en_US
dc.identifier.citationJackson and Pepper: Opportunities and barriers to establishing a cell therapy programme in South Africa. Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2013 4:54.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1757-6512
dc.identifier.other10.1186/scrt204
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/33300
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights© 2013 BioMed Central Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectOpportunities and barriersen_US
dc.subjectCell therapy programmeen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectDiseaseen_US
dc.subjectEconomic growthen_US
dc.subject.lcshCellular therapy -- South Africaen
dc.titleOpportunities and barriers to establishing a cell therapy programme in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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