26 July 2026
Research

BioRTC Hits Milestone in Ongoing Dementia Research Project

Yobe State University’s Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) has hit a significant milestone, collecting over 1,100 biopsy and blood samples for its ongoing Dementia Research Project. The research led by BioRTC Founder and Director, Prof Mahmoud Bukar Maina, is the first large-scale dementia cohort study of its kind in Northern Nigeria, designed to

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Research

Yobe University Records Breakthrough in Dementia Research

Yobe State University has announced a breakthrough in dementia research, having collected over 1,100 blood and biopsy samples in what is described as the first large-scale dementia cohort study in northern Nigeria. The project, run by the university’s Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), also feeds into Africa’s first open-access stem cell biobank. Professor

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