005: COVID-19 and Diagnostics w/ Christian Happi

Aug 25, 2020 · 1h 1m 16s
005: COVID-19 and Diagnostics w/ Christian Happi
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Diagnostics is an integral part of Public Health management and Drug Discovery. As SARS-COV-2 exponentially spreads through communities across the world, there has been a concerted effort by scientists to...

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Diagnostics is an integral part of Public Health management and Drug Discovery. As SARS-COV-2 exponentially spreads through communities across the world, there has been a concerted effort by scientists to develop an effective testing kit. In this episode, we sit down with Dr Christian Happi, a molecular biologist and director of the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases. We simplify genomics and diagnostic technologies. We also explore the current efforts and challenges by African scientists in developing these technologies and more.

Mentioned in the episode:
COVID-19 testing types https://time.com/5880255/covid-19-tests-types/
CapeBio Technologies: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-06-25-biotech-entrepreneurs-come-up-with-fast-covid-19-testing-kit-in-sa/
https://capebiosa.com/

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Twitter: @christian_happi
Email: happic@run.edu.ng


Follow: African Centre of Excellemce for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID)
Twitter: @acegid

Article on Bolstering Africa’s coronavirus detection efforts by Abdullahi Tsanni https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01607-y

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Title: Elipsis
Artist: Chad Crouch (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ch...)
Source: Free Music Archive
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

Title: Hip Hop Instrumental 2
Artist: Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa)
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License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 License
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