From the UK to Nigeria: Mahmoud Maïna's challenge to establish a stem cell biobank in Yoba State

News Tank Academic - Paris - Spotlight interview #404112 - Published on 03/07/25 at 12:52
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"We are working on something very transformative: establishing an open-access stem cell biobank in Nigeria to answer questions on population-specific differences to diseases," declares Mahmoud Maïna to News Tank on 04/06/2025. He is a neuroscientist specialising in Alzheimer’s disease at the University of Sussex (UK) and has received a Wellcome...

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Mahmoud Maïna - ©  D.R.

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