Ten years after the first draft of the human genome was completed Africa hopes to jump on board the genomics revolution with a partnership announced last week, a development that EMF very much welcomes.  Speaking about the development EMF CEO Krishna Sarda commented “It is vital that we persuade public funders that their investment into neglected diseases should not lead to a hoarding of knowledge, but rather it should be placed into the public domain. EMF strongly believes that the scientific community should be working as one to make an impact on neglected diseases”

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