Challenges of biobanking in South Africa to facilitate indigenous research in an environment burdened with human immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis, and emerging noncommunicable diseases.

摘要: The high burden of infectious diseases and the growing problem noncommunicable metabolic disease syndromes in South Africa (SA) forces a more focused research approach to facilitate cutting-edge scientific growth public health development. Increased SA on these collection associated biospecimens has ensured plethora biobanks created by individuals, albeit without foresight prospective collective use other local international researchers. As need for access high-quality specimens statistically relevant numbers increased, so necessity development national human across Continent. prospects achieving sustainable centralized are still an emerging evolving concept, primarily recently driven launch H3Africa consortium, which includes harmonized standardized biobanking operating procedures. This process is hindered my...