Lamech Mwapagha

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Staff Details

Telephone Number: 
+264 61 207 2349
Office Location: 
Room 3.291, 3rd Floor, FHAS Building
Qualification: 
Post Doctorate Cancer Genomics (ICGEB-CPT), PhD Medical Biochemistry (UCT), MSc. Medical Virology, BSc. Medical Microbiology (JKUAT)
Biography: 

Research Interests:

Cancer Genomics, Human Microbiome, HIV/AIDS, Human Papilloma Viruses, Microbes and Food Safety and Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants

Key Publications:

Mwapagha, L.M., Tiffin N and Parker, M.I., (2017). Delineation of the HPV11E6 and HPV18E6 Pathways in Initiating Cellular Transformation. Front. Oncol. 7:258. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00258

Mwapagha LM, Ng’ang’a ZW, Mutuiri SP, Miheso BB, Khamadi SA (2017) Genetic Polymorphisms of the CX3CR1 Gene Associated with HIV-1 Infections in Kenyan Population. J AIDS Clin Res 8: 712. doi:10.4172/2155-6113.1000712

Dzobo, Kevin, Dimakatso Alice Senthebane, Arielle Rowe, Nicholas Ekow Thomford, Lamech M. Mwapagha, Nasir Al-Awwad, Collet Dandara, and M. Iqbal Parker. "Cancer stem cell hypothesis for therapeutic innovation in clinical oncology? Taking the root out, not chopping the leaf." Omics: a journal of integrative biology 20, no. 12 (2016): 681-691.

Mutuiri, Shem PM, Helen L. Kutima, Lamech M. Mwapagha, James K. Munyao, Anthony Kebira Nyamache, Irene Wanjiru, and Samoel A. Khamadi. "RANTES Gene Polymorphisms Associated with HIV-1 Infections in Kenyan Population." Disease markers 2016 (2016).

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