An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: Reply to Thaldar et al. (2019)

• Michael S. Pepper,
• Collet Dandara,
• Jantina de Vries,
• Amaboo Dhai,
• Melodie Labuschaigne,
• Freddy Mnyongani,
• Keymanthri Moodley,
• Antonel Olckers,
• Anne Pope,
• Raj Ramesar,
• Michèle Ramsay,
• Wayne Towers

Affiliations

Michael S. Pepper

1. Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa 2. South African Medical Research Council Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Collet Dandara

Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Jantina de Vries

Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Amaboo Dhai

Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Melodie Labuschaigne

Department of Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Freddy Mnyongani

School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Keymanthri Moodley

Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Antonel Olckers

DNAbiotec (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa

Anne Pope

Emeritus Associate Professor, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Raj Ramesar

MRC/UCT Research Unit for Genomic and Precision Medicine, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Michèle Ramsay

Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Wayne Towers

Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa