CRISPR in sub-Saharan Africa: Applications and education

2019/in Risk, Regulation, and Policy, Scholarly Literature

Ogaugwu, CEA, S. O.; Adekoya, M. A., Trends in Biotechnology, 37:234-237. 2019.

Clustered regularly interspaced shortpalindromicrepeats (CRISPR) technology has enabled genetic engineering feats previously considered impracticable, offering great hopes for solutions to problems facing society. We consider it timely to highlight how CRISPR can benefit public health, medicine, and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and offer recommendations for successful implementation.