Three postgraduate programmes in genetics have been introduced at the University of Ghana to train professionals in the handling of diseases such as sickle cell, breast and prostate cancer in the country.
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Professor Solomon Fifi Ofori-Acquah, Director, Ghanaian Genome Project, says Ghana does not have genetic programmes to diagnose rare diseases, and to identify mutations responsible for childhood cancers. He said over one per cent of all babies with the Sickle Cell Disease had one parent who was negative for the sickle…
Professor Solomon Fifi Ofori-Acquah, Director, Ghanaian Genome Project, says Ghana does not have genetic programmes to diagnose rare diseases, and to identify mutations responsible for childhood cancers. He said over one per cent of all babies with the Sickle Cell Disease had one parent who was negative for the sickle…