The African Academy of Sciences and its partners organized the second mentoring workshop on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine for young African Scientists at its Nairobi Headquarters from 4 – 6 August 2014.
The young scientists from across Africa are being mentored in ways of using regenerative medicine or stem cell therapy to help prevent the increasing cases of non- communicable diseases.
The goal of the workshop was to develop knowledge and skills in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine among the selected African scientists and provided an opportunity for networking with a multidisciplinary team of experts from the African continent and other leading middle-income countries particularly China, Brazil, and India.
[…] Prof. Zul Premji, chairperson of the Aga Khan University Department of Pathology explains that the whole idea is to reduce chronic treatment of diseases. Instead of transplant, one’s own stem cells can be used to replace any organ that is failing.
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