Personalised chemo for African patients

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In a first for Africa, we are screening cancer tissue samples to find existing drugs that could be repurposed as effective chemotherapies for people of African descent. The CSIR and The University of Pretoria are building a database using tumour samples donated by consenting patients at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, so that future patients in Africa can access personalised cancer medicines.

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