Biobanking and Collaborative Multicenter AD Research in Africa: Preliminary Experience from the Recruitment and Retention for Alzheimer’s Disease Diversity Genetic Cohorts in the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project
Kazeem S. Akinwande, Patrice L. Whitehead, Samuel Diala, Larry D. Adams, Motunrayo Coker, Inna Logvinsky, Jovita D. Inciute, Brian W. Kunkle, Osi Adeleye, Mayowa Ogunronbi, Anthony J. Griswold, Jacob L McCauley, Reginald Obiako, David Ndetei, Paul Olowoyo, Albert Kwaku Akpalu, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Bi · 2025
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Kazeem Akinwande and a large team across Africa reported early work in 2025 on banking samples for Alzheimer's research. The burden of memory illness is rising fast in Africa, yet most gene data come from elsewhere. Their project plans to enroll five thousand African participants, with and without the illness.
Nine countries take part through a shared African group. A common set of steps guides how blood is drawn, moved, and stored for the long term. Samples go to a center in Ibadan, Nigeria, where DNA and plasma are prepared. Teams meet each month by video to work through problems. The report shares what has been learned so far about running such a bank in places with fewer resources.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kazeem S. Akinwande, Patrice L. Whitehead, Samuel Diala, Larry D. Adams, Motunrayo Coker, Inna Logvinsky, Jovita D. Inciute, Brian W. Kunkle, Osi Adeleye, Mayowa Ogunronbi, Anthony J. Griswold, Jacob L McCauley, Reginald Obiako, David Ndetei, Paul Olowoyo, Albert Kwaku Akpalu, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Bi |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |