RIYADH: Jazan Gov. Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz inaugurated on Wednesday the Cancer Research Forum at Jazan University.
The two-day forum is taking place under the theme: “Together Toward Achieving the National Targets in Combating Cancer.”
Jazan University President Prof. Mohammed bin Hassan Abu Rasin told the audience that the forum played an important role, along with joint scientific research, in tackling cancer.
He said that sustainable scientific research was a cornerstone of the Saudi Vision 2030 reform program, which aims to position ֱ among the worlds’s leading nations in science and health.
The forum seeks to open scientific cooperation between experts from universities and national research centers.
The university’s vice president for graduate studies and scientific research, Dr. Abdul Karim bin Mohammed Meraya, said that Jazan was addressing research and scientific challenges “through partnerships among the university, research centers and government sectors, locally and globally.”
The forum included a series of workshops including one on CAR T-cell therapy, which employs a form of immunotherapy that uses specially altered T-cells to fight cancer.
Dr. Mana Al-Shehri, of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, said that ֱ was one of the region’s pioneers in developing the therapy.
Another session addressed the importance of artificial intelligence in various stages of scientific research.
A third workshop, presented by Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani from King Khalid University, reviewed the current state of oncology services in the ֱ’s southern region and how services would be developed and expanded in the future.
