From the UK to Nigeria: Mahmoud Maïna’s challenge to establish a stemcell biobank in Yobe State

Mahmoud Maïna, neuroscientist specializing in Alzheimer’s Disease, received an award to develop a laboratory in Nigeria. “We are working on something very transformative: establishing an open-access stem cell biobank in Nigeria to answer questions on population-specific differences to diseases,” he declared to News Tank on 04/06/2025.The Wellcome Trust Fund Career and Development Award he received…