Manama - Arabian Gulf University: Dr. Safouq Al-Shammari, associate professor in regenerative medicine program at AGU said that AGU has begun to take steps that make it a regional expertise home of stem cell therapy. Treatment using stem cells will be one of most important services that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City will provide when this service launched, god willing.
The university now establishing advanced stem cell center, to be one of the vital centers of the medical city. This was preceded by university’s inauguration of master of regenerative medicine program on 2019 to become the first academic program introduces this innovative specialization at the Arab and regional universities.
Dr. Al-Shammari praised that it is an advanced and wonderful step by the Shura Council in submitting a draft law on stem cell therapy to the esteemed government, due the importance of organizing stem cell therapy for medicine advancement in Bahrain and the region.
Explained that stem cell medicine called “future medicine” because, that often treats the origin of the disease by replacing the affected or diseased cells with other healthy cells. He continued, stem cells in short are the original cells of the body and they have the ability to transform or specialize into different types of cells and tissues and treat them, they also have the ability to reproduce to treat many chronic diseases and that were difficult to treat previously. Stem cell medicine and regenerative medicine will be an essential factor in controlling many health problems in Gulf societies in the future, such as diabetes, joints, cancer, vision diseases, heart diseases and nerves.
Stated that the regenerative medicine program is divided into two main parts, stem cells and anti-aging medicine, as it is the first program in the middle east region in which the academic staff and professors are from more than 10 developed countries. An advanced center for regenerative medicine established according to the latest international specifications, during the next short period the installation and commissioning of equipment, ultra-clean and sterilized rooms in which tissues produced will be completed, in cooperation with international universities.
Dr. Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al-Ohali, president of AGU had earlier praised the step taken by Shura Council of Bahrain, to regulate the legislative framework for regenerative medicine, which leads to further progress in medical and research services in the Kingdom and reduce dependence on outside medical services.
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