A team of Nigerian scientists in the
Diaspora has validated and adapted a methodology that will enhance the gene
amplification of the Ebola virus in 30 minutes.
This came on the heels of the
declaration of Nigeria as an Ebola-free country by the World Health
Organisation.
The team, led by an alumnus of
Florida Atlantic University, the United States, and a visiting associate
lecturer to Bowen University, Nigeria, Olumide Adenmosun, is coordinating
technical support for the ongoing clinical and research programme in Nigeria.
This, according to him, is being
done together with some other Nigerian scientists and health groups largely
involved in the containment of the country’s Ebola outbreak.
The team is collaborating with Dr.
Yemi Adesokan, a Harvard University-trained scientist and founder of a Swiss
medical diagnostic firm, Bioinnovation Solutions; and chemicals manufacturing
firm, May & Baker, to develop and commercialise rapid genetic diagnostic
test for Ebola screening and bio-surveillance.
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