A female student of the African
University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Sandra Musujusu, has developed an
alternative treatment for chest cancer.
The scientific breakthrough might
lead to a lasting solution in the treatment of chest cancer prevalent among
women world over.
This was made known on Tuesday in
Abuja when the World Bank Education Director, Dr Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi with
his team visited the University as part of his assessment tour of the 10
African Centres of Excellence (ACE) centres.
The World Bank has committed
about $10 billion for the ACE project in Nigeria, as part of efforts to
encourage conduct of cutting-edge research and specialisation of the
beneficiaries institutions in specific development problems faced in Nigeria
and indeed the African continent.
AUST, is hosting one of the
Centres of Excellence, known as Pan African Material Institute (PAMI), with
research focus electrical power, disease detection and treatment.
Musujusu, research, using
macromolecular science is aimed at developing bio-degradable polymer material
which could be used as alternative for the treatment of chest cancer in the
near future.
She revealed that her research
focuses on triple negative chest cancer which is the aggressive sub-type of
chest cancer that is common with women from African ancestry.
Musujusu, a Sierra-Ionian
national is conducting the research under the sponsorship of the Pan African
Materials Institute (PAMI).
Out of 19 African Centres of
Excellence, 10 Nigerian tertiary institutions won slots to churn out special
research works that could compete effectively with global standards.
The ACE universities include
Redeemers University, Mowe; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; University of Jos,
Jos; University of Benin; and African University of Science and Technology,
Abuja.
Others are University of
Port-Harcourt; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife; Bayero University, Kano;
Benue State University, Makurdi; and Federal University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta.
It would be recalled that when
the Ebola Virus Disease broke out in Nigeria in the year 2014, one of the ACE
centers, Redeemers University served as the testing site before it was brought
under control.
Musujusu said, “My research is actually centered on the development of bio-degradable polymers for treatment of chest cancer.”Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
“I will be focusing on triple negative chest cancer which is actually the aggressive sub-type of chest cancer that is common with women from African ancestry.”
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Good one, please federal government take note don't kill this kind of talent in our universities....
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