A recipient of the FIOCRUZ scholarship - Uche Ndidi defends his PhD thesis on "Effect of Carboxymethyl lysine, anadvanced glycation end product, on sickle cell disease” at the INSTITUTO GONÇALO MONIZ-FUNDAÇÁO OSWALDO CRUZ (IGM-FIOCRUZ), Bahia, Brazil in the Curso de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia em Saúde e Medicina Investigativa (PgBSMI) (Postgraduate course in Biotechnology in health and Investigative Medicine) on June 19, 2018.
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Advances in Hematology in Africa
ASH Medical Student and Early-Career Investigator Awards
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Minority Medical Student Award Program
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Conduct hematology research in the cutting-edge facility of a top hematologist in the country. Program participants will receive a research stipend, guidance from an ASH member mentor, complimentary ASH membership, subscriptions to ASH publications, an...
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Presentation of Hemo TypeSC, A Novel Point-of-Care Test for the Detection of Sickle Cell Disease
Invitation to Participate in a Focus Group Discussion – Newborn Screening of Sickle Cell Disease in Kaduna
Kaduna State government through the Ministry of Health and Human Services with partner research bodies and individuals are planning for a pilot study for Newborn Screening of sickle cell disease to inform a national policy.
The study is sponsored by Kaduna State government with support of SCORE (Sickle cell cohort research), a charitable research outfit. In view of the evidence on ground for improved care of the sickle person when diagnosis is made at birth, we proposed a focus group disc...
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Honorary Award Presented to Professor Winifred Kaine in Recognition of her Meritorious and Long Service to Patients and Families with Sickle Cell Anemia in Enugu
Professor Winifred Nwazulumasu Kaine was born in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria into the family of Late Justice and Mrs Hyacinth Kaine. She is a native of Ndam Village of Osomari in Ogbaru Local Government area of Anambra State. She attended the prestigious Holy Child College, Ikoyi, Lagos, for her secondary education as a pioneer student and studied for her ‘A’ levels at Blackpool, England.
Thereafter. Winnie as she is fondly called by her peers and contemporaries among whom was Prof Olikoy...
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Communique of the Third SCSSN Conference
INTRODUCTION
The third Conference of Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria (SCSSN) was successfully held at the Enugu Campus of the University of Nigeria with the theme: “Reducing the Burden of Sickle Cell Disease in our Communities” from Wednesday, 23rd to Friday, 25th of August, 2017.
THE OVERVIEW:
The three-day conference had the presence of a total of 199 participants including sixty-six students and staff of the Community Health Trainer’s School University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, ...
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SCSSN Chairman’s Speech 2017 Conference
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to this historic conference of the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria and the Nigerian Sickle Cell Disease Network. Although we have had 2 previous conferences, this is the first time it is held outside of Abuja and we hope in future, other zones will have the opportunity of hosting us. This is important to raise awareness in all parts of this large and great country. I want to particularly welcome our keynote speaker, Prof. Lucio Luzzatto, w...
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FIOCRUZ Scholarship July 2017 Updates
Dr. Uche Ndidi, Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
My research titled "The Effect of Hydroxyurea on Advanced Glycation End-user on Sickle Cell Disease" in Federal University of Bahia is going on well.
So far we have finished collection of blood samples from the Hospital (HEMOBA). We have also carried out hematological and biochemical analysis of all the samples. We are currently working on sending same for publication.
Currently, we are awaiting Advanced Glycation E...
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International Journal for Hemoglobin Research
Preliminary Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Testing Device (SickleSCAN™) in Screening for Sickle Cell Disease
Maxwell M. Nwegbu, Hezekiah A. Isa, Biyaya B. Nwankwo, Chinedu C. Okeke, Uduak J. Edet-Offong, Norah O. Akinola, Adekunle D. Adekile, John C. Aneke, Emmanuel C. Okocha, Thomas Ulasi, Usman Abjah, Ngozi I. Ugwu, Angela A. Okolo, Anazoeze Madu, Ifeoma Emodi, Ahmed Girei, Taiwo M. Balogun, Ijeoma N. Diaku-Akinwumi, Chinatu Ohiaeri, Biobele J. Brown, John A. Olaniyi, Abdulaziz Hassan, Sani Aw...
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