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13 Sep 2017 | 22:49 BST

Blood on the lab bench

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Health, Research, Science

Scientists in Qatar have taken research into organ development one more step into the future by expanding the potential for creating personalized blood and heart tissue in the lab.  Read more

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  • cell defferentiation
  • heart
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  • Middle East
  • Qatar
  • stem cells

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06 Jul 2017 | 02:07 BST

Prescription drugs overused and abused in the Mideast

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Health, Research, Science

It turns out that, in the Middle East, getting access to prescription medications for serious ailments, in the absence of supervision, can sometimes be as easy as picking up an over-the-counter medicine for a headache or the common cold, or so claims a new review published in Pharmacology Research & Perspectives.  Read more

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  • abuse
  • antibiotics
  • Arab world
  • medication
  • medicine
  • Middle East
  • pharmacy
  • public health
  • self medication

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24 Mar 2015 | 14:31 GMT

Ancient parasites hitched rides to the region using European travelers

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Health, Research, Science

The fossilized faeces were riddled with both roundworm and whipworm

Analyzing a 500-year-old latrine in the Christian quarter of the old city of Jerusalem, researchers found evidence that some species of intestinal parasites seem to have been “imported” from medieval Europe.  Read more

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  • archaeology
  • diseases
  • Middle East

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02 Jan 2014 | 13:23 GMT

2013: Nature Middle East’s Special Editions

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Health, Policy, Research, Roundup, Science

For Nature Middle East, 2013 has been an exciting year–with wider coverage of science and research news across the region, and the beta-launch of monthly special editions of the online magazine in April, and regularly starting October.  Read more

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  • features
  • health
  • Middle East
  • roundup
  • science
  • specials
  • year in review

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