Research

20 years ago, in February 2001, the "Human Genome Project" resulted in the publication of the first human DNA sequence, the first mapping of our genetic code. Since then, the genome of more than one million people has been sequenced around the world, with so many small mutations and variations. Ambroise Wonkam, professor of medical genetics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and chair of the African Society of Human Genetics, wants to start a project of unprecedented scale in Africa: the sequencing of DNA…

At a time of the resurgence of the Ebola epidemic, focus on the Institute of Applied Biological Research in Guinea (Irbag) in the Kindia region, 135 km from Conakry. It is located on the grounds of the former Institut Pasteur, which was founded in 1922 by Dr. Calmette, who mainly owed the tuberculosis vaccine. It is a jewel of colonial architecture, its archives are full of treasures for historians.…