[HTML][HTML] Egypt's COVID-19 recent happenings and perspectives: a mini-review

ARA Saied, AA Metwally, NAB Madkhali… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has affected countries across the world. While the …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing Africa's pandemic puzzle: Perspectives on COVID-19 transmission and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

HH Musa, TH Musa, IH Musa, IH Musa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract To date, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) has spread to almost every
region of the world, infecting millions and resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of …

[HTML][HTML] Transferability of genetic risk scores in African populations

AB Kamiza, SM Toure, M Vujkovic, T Machipisa… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The poor transferability of genetic risk scores (GRSs) derived from European ancestry data
in diverse populations is a cause of concern. We set out to evaluate whether GRSs derived …

[HTML][HTML] Variant PADI3 in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia

L Malki, O Sarig, MT Romano, MC Méchin… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the most common form of
scarring alopecia among women of African ancestry. The disease is occasionally observed …

Adaptation to high altitude: phenotypes and genotypes

CM Beall - Annual Review of Anthropology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Populations residing for millennia on the high-altitude plateaus of the world started natural
experiments that we can evaluate to address questions about the processes of evolution …

Nutrition and its role in human evolution

WPT James, RJ Johnson, JR Speakman… - Journal of internal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of human evolution has improved rapidly over recent decades, facilitated
by large‐scale cataloguing of genomic variability amongst both modern and archaic …

Five priorities of African genomics research: the next frontier

A Wonkam, NS Munung, C Dandara… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
To embrace the prospects of accurately diagnosing thousands of monogenic conditions,
predicting disease risks for complex traits or diseases, tailoring treatment to individuals' …

Considerations for cardiovascular genetic and genomic research with marginalized racial and ethnic groups and indigenous peoples: a scientific statement from the …

G Mudd-Martin, AL Cirino, V Barcelona… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups and Indigenous peoples are burdened by
significant health inequities that are compounded by their underrepresentation in genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic hazard score is associated with prostate cancer in multi-ethnic populations

MP Huynh-Le, CC Fan, R Karunamuni… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genetic models for cancer have been evaluated using almost exclusively European data,
which could exacerbate health disparities. A polygenic hazard score (PHS1) is associated …

TP53 germline pathogenic variants in modern humans were likely originated during recent human history

SH Kou, J Li, B Tam, H Lei, B Zhao, F Xiao… - NAR …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
TP53 is crucial for maintaining genome stability and preventing oncogenesis. Germline
pathogenic variation in TP53 damages its function, causing genome instability and …