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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Weronika Strzyżyńska

First African-produced cancer tests to slash costs and waiting times

Researchers wearing lab coats at the Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research
Researchers at the Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, which developed the new tests. Photograph: Oussama Benbila/Courtesy of MAScIR

The first African-produced tests to diagnose breast cancer and leukaemia will become commercially available within months, cutting costs and waiting times for patients across the continent.

Most of the diagnostic kits for cancer and other diseases in Africa are expensive imports from outside the continent, usually from Europe and the US.

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