Toward advances in retinoblastoma genetics in Kenya

Helen Dimaras^{1

2

3

4

5}, Beatrice Omweri⁶, Daniel Muema⁷, Loice Kanda⁷, Rosaline Wanjiru Macharia⁸, John Gitau⁹, Catherine Mutinda^{10

11

12}, Kahaki Kimani^{13

14}, Wairimu Waweru^{6

14}, Stephen Gichuhi¹³, Marianne W Mureithi¹⁵, Lucy Njambi^{16

17}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
² Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
³ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
⁴ Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
⁵ Centre for Global Child Health, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
⁶ Department of Human Pathology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷ KAVI Institute of Clinical Research, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ Directorate of Research and Innovation, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹¹ Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi City County Medical Services, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹² Scientific Ethics Review Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁴ Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. drnjambi@uonbi.ac.ke.
¹⁷ Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. drnjambi@uonbi.ac.ke.

PMID: 39528824
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01974-6

Toward advances in retinoblastoma genetics in Kenya

Helen Dimaras et al. Nat Genet. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;56(12):2585-2588.

doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01974-6.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
² Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
³ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
⁴ Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
⁵ Centre for Global Child Health, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. helen.dimaras@sickkids.ca.
⁶ Department of Human Pathology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁷ KAVI Institute of Clinical Research, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁹ Directorate of Research and Innovation, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹¹ Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi City County Medical Services, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹² Scientific Ethics Review Unit, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹³ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁴ Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. drnjambi@uonbi.ac.ke.
¹⁷ Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. drnjambi@uonbi.ac.ke.

PMID: 39528824
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01974-6

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