Dr. Wilson Endege of Boston, MA and Dr. Benson Edagwa of Omaha, NE have two technologies for medicine and vaccine production. Using their technologies, Bacman technology and LaserArt technology, the scientists are progressing innovations of over 30 medicines and vaccines that will be manufactured in the medicine and vaccine plant they will open in Kenya at Diaspora University Town.
Dr. Endege is an expert in molecular biology. In the last 30 years, he has worked and performed research at Harvard Medical School and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Companies in the Boston area. His fields of research include cardiovascular, cancer and drug development. He holds 5 patents in the field of Cancer biomarkers.
Dr. Edagwa, is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is an organic/medicinal chemist. He is listed as a co-inventor of 13 U.S patents. He co-invented long-acting slow effective release antiretroviral therapy (LASER ART) regimen for treatment and prevention of HIV-1, Hepatitis, and other viral infections.
The medicine and vaccine plant will be located in the Diaspora University Town (DUT) where it is allocated 11 acres of land. A three-story building is already designed by Architect David Ogoli of Riverside, CA. The building will become the Daktari Biotechnology Ltd, Medicines and Vaccines Plant.
Dr. David Mwale Ogoli, MAAK (A), Assoc. AIA. is a Licensed Architect by the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors of Kenya. He is a Member of the Architectural Association of Kenya (MAAK(A), an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), full Member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and a Professor of Architecture at California Baptist University, Riverside, California.
Diaspora Kenyans are investing in the building and equipping the medicine and vaccine plant. The Diaspora are doing this through taking up loans from DUT Credit Ltd.
About 50% of the Diaspora Kenyans in the U.S and U.K are in the healthcare related fields. The careers of Doctors, Pharmacists and Nurses are linked to medicines.
The medicine and vaccine plant will contribute to advancing Kenya healthcare to the highest standard possible. The plant will work hand in hand with Diaspora University and Diaspora University Medical Hospital in advancing healthcare in Kenya.