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The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of South Africa's eight statutory science councils and the country's premier biomedical science research institution. Malegapuru W. Makgoba, appointed in January as the organization's first black African president, discusses the MRC's history, transformation and vision for the future.
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Makgoba, M. The South African Medical Research Council: Africanizing health research . Nat Med 5, 367–370 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/7351
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/7351