Gene and cell therapy in South Africa : current status and future prospects

dc.contributor.authorEly, Abdullah
dc.contributor.authorBloom, Kori
dc.contributor.authorMaepa, Mohube Betty
dc.contributor.authorMahlangu, John N.
dc.contributor.authorPepper, Michael Sean
dc.contributor.authorArbuthnot, P.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-28T14:10:18Z
dc.date.available2020-05-28T14:10:18Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractSouth 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.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentImmunologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipSAMRC, National Research Foundation and Poliomyelitis Research Foundation.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEly, 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i8b.13819
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/74774
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019, South African Medical Association. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).en_ZA
dc.subjectCell therapyen_ZA
dc.subjectGene therapyen_ZA
dc.subjectTissue transplanten_ZA
dc.subjectClinical managementen_ZA
dc.subjectHealth care sectoren_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleGene and cell therapy in South Africa : current status and future prospectsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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