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Research into New Treatments for Degenerative Disorders
Medical Engineering PhD Students research into new treatments for degenerative disorders, cartilage repair, arthritis and bone cancer
Two Egyptian PhD students are busy researching new ways of treating patients suffering from a range of conditions including osteoporosis, bone cancer and cartilage degradation
Mohamed Genedy's research involves taking cells from cancer patients and also from normal patients. Mohamed who comes from Cairo originally, started his PhD at Bradford in 2010 right after gaining his Master's in Medical Engineering with distinction from the same university. Mohamed explained that once he has the cells he cultures them and tries to mimic the in vivo (in body) environment using drugs in order to accelerate wound healing in the bone cell monolayer. This could eventually lead to finding new drug treatment for osteoporosis patents and could also be used in cell cancer treatment.
Ali Abdeldayem, who also comes from Cairo and shares the medical engineering lab with Mohamed at the University is conducting research into tissue/cell engineering of cartilage.
Cartilage degradation is caused by inflammation and Ali's research involves studying cells to assess the effect of drugs on cartilage wound healing and aims to encourage healthy cells to proliferate and reduce inflammation, reduce pain and increase the rate of wound healing. "It is difficult for cartilage to repair itself as it has no blood supply and very low oxygen and nutrition." Explained Ali who cultures cartilage cells in the lab, to find ways that would encourage self-healing.
Ali and Mohamed became firm friends after meeting up in 2003 at Cairo University and both spent time in the UK when they were younger. They are making the most of their time here by visiting places with friends at weekends, they've been all over England and Wales and they plan to discover Scotland and Ireland next.
"I enjoy cycling events every Sunday and I exercise on a regular basis in the university's amazing fitness centre. The university has everything you would expect from a great university." Mohamed Genedy, PhD student
Image Gallery below shows Mohamed and Ali working in their research labs at the University and with Dr. Mansour Youseffi, Programme Director for Medical Engineering.
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