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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
  • lab
  • Middle East
  • Qatar
  • stem cells

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30 Dec 2014 | 14:51 GMT

2014 Year in Review: Nature Middle East highlights

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

In retrospect, 2014 was a mixed bag for the region – with some significant research produced on one hand, but on the other, in some countries, education, health and sectors in academia received some hard blows as a result of conflict and war.  Read more

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  • 2014
  • Arab world
  • Egypt
  • Qatar
  • review
  • Saudi Arabia

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28 Nov 2013 | 12:02 GMT

Qatar’s peculiar research funding dilemma

Posted by Mohammed Yahia | Categories: Research, Science

Qatar Foundation

While most countries around the world are dealing with shrinking budgets for science research, Qatar has a surplus that the small Gulf state doesn’t know what to do with.  Read more

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  • Qatar
  • Research

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13 Nov 2013 | 11:36 GMT

Desert farming pilot yields positive results

Posted by Mohammed Yahia | Categories: Research, Technology

Desert farming pilot yields positive results

After two and a half years if research and testing, the Sahara Forest Project pilot in Qatar has started to yield results, and initial findings are showing good results for arid land agriculture.  Read more

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  • agriculture
  • arid
  • dryland
  • greenhouses
  • Gulf
  • Qatar

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