Gene and cell therapy in South Africa : current status and future prospects
dc.contributor.author | Ely, Abdullah | |
dc.contributor.author | Bloom, Kori | |
dc.contributor.author | Maepa, Mohube Betty | |
dc.contributor.author | Mahlangu, John N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pepper, Michael Sean | |
dc.contributor.author | Arbuthnot, P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-28T14:10:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-28T14:10:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-08 | |
dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Immunology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | pm2020 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | SAMRC, National Research Foundation and Poliomyelitis Research Foundation. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.samj.org.za | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5135 (online) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0256-9574 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i8b.13819 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74774 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_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.subject | Cell therapy | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Gene therapy | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Tissue transplant | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Clinical management | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Health care sector | en_ZA |
dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Gene and cell therapy in South Africa : current status and future prospects | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |