"I am honored to be the first Emirati to specialize in the field of transplantation," said Dr. Sheikha Saif Al Mazrouei, a PhD student in stem cell transplantation, who was sent to King's College London by the Office of Scholarships at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. I have worked with this distinguished team, where I had the opportunity to attend liver transplants, learned a lot at Zayed Research Unit for Liver Transplantation and Treatment, which is one of the world leading centers in this field, as well as supervising the training of many students at the center during periods of a Their own training, including Emirati student single, (Joseph and Vadarei), studying the physiology of medical members enrolled in the study of medicine. »
Al Mazrouei said she wanted to join the team of the Zayed Center for Liver Transplantation and Treatment at King's College London Hospital, to achieve the greatest possible scientific benefit, she said, “Especially since the center is the first of its kind in the world in its specialty, and has received great support from the late Sheikh Zayed. Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father, has succeeded in carrying out thousands of liver transplants since its inception in 1979. ” Al-Mazrouei said: “I chose stem cell transplant specialization because it is a new field of medicine. Doctors have succeeded in treating 18 cases of liver failure for children with this technique, as stem cells have the ability to regenerate and produce new differentiated cells. They can be confined to embryonic stem cells, stem cells from bone marrow, stem cells from umbilical cord, stem cells from lipids, and stem cells from organs, which are the latest types of stem cells, called induced stem cells, where they are taken from the body, And reprogrammed into trunk cells Of ». Al-Mazroui, who is expected to graduate in 2021, continues her scientific career in seeking knowledge and knowledge. “The field of stem cell therapy is a wide sea, and what we are studying is a small part of it,” she said. In the state, we can attract such useful science. ”
Al Mazrouei said: “I have succeeded in establishing the Emirates Society at King's College London, and currently I am the President of the Society, which is responsible for implementing a range of initiatives and activities aimed at transferring the principles of tolerance and Emirati values to Western society. I was also nominated for the post of Vice-President of the Council of Ph.D.
spare time
On leisure, PhD student Sheikha Al Mazrouei states that she is spending her time meeting friends and attending shows in London. “In addition to co-establishing the initiative, my colleague Ahmed Al Attar, a PhD student in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Imperial College London, «Dom learn», designed to exploit leisure in useful things ».
Al Mazrouei is also keen to participate in the fields that serve the Arabic language. “My colleagues and I volunteered to train foreign students to learn Arabic in the language learning department at the University. We also participated in the London International Book Fair last March as volunteers at the Mohammed Bin Mohammed Foundation. We have been honored and appointed as ambassadors for the (Arabic) initiative, with the aim of representing the UAE in British society and representing the (Arabic) initiative launched by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation.
- «The field of stem cell therapy is a wide sea, and what we are studying is a small part».