The Rotary Club of Accra–Airport has inaugurated a newly furnished five-consulting-room facility for the Ghana Institute of ...
A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...
The Director of the Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics (GICG), Dr. Amma Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, has issued a clarion call for collective national and global action to support individuals living with ...
People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...
Some genetic diseases, like sickle cell anemia, are hereditary and present at birth. Others can be caused by spontaneous mutations, either arising from errors in DNA replication or exposure to ...
The Ghana Institute of Clinical Genetics (GICG) successfully climaxed its 50th anniversary celebration with a grand fundraising dinner in Accra and appealed for financial assistance to equip and staff ...
Discover how human genome sequencing revolutionizes gene therapy and sheds light on conditions like sickle cell disease. A gene is only as powerful as the regulatory mechanisms that turn it on, off, ...
Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. That protein is called hemoglobin, and in sickle cell disease, aberrant ...