Two women from Saudi Arabia have been awarded the most prestigious award by the UN agency UNESCO for their research in the medical field. One woman developed a heart device while the other woman was awarded for controlling genes related to visual impairment. Important research from
According to the Saudi website, two Saudi women have recently received the Laurel UNESCO Award. The two women received the award for their work for the Science Middle East Regional Young Talent Program.
Israr Damdam, a 27-year-old Saudi woman, has been named in the PhD students' category for her role in creating a special kind of heart device.
The device has revolutionized the way healthy heart rhythms are regulated, combining medicine, electrical engineering and electrophysics.
Israr said that certain diseases and heart-related activities such as cardiac arrest are such that can happen suddenly at any time. Researchers are finding new solutions to such problems.
"We were exploring the possibility of developing a device that would have an actuator that could support the heart muscle and help with the pumping process," he said.
Israr said that he used honeycomb with silicone in the device, it had flexibility and expansion ability so the platform does not break with the expansion of the heart.
"If my research is developed, it will enable doctors to diagnose cardiovascular disease at an early stage," he said.
The mystery study was published in the Journal of Applied Physics Letters, after which Damdam turned his attention to the world of new companies, with the help of a training program in California in collaboration with the Musk Foundation.
Another Saudi woman is Lama al-Abdi, who has been honored in the Laurel UNESCO Post-Doctor Researchers category for her research on chromatin in recognition of her research on controlling vision loss genes.
Chromatin is a substance found in chromosomes and consists of hereditary substances, such as DNA and proteins.
Al-Abdi launched his project a few years ago to expand his PhD research at Purdue University in Indiana. Al-Abdi was researching how changes in various chemical compounds affect DNA.
She is currently serving at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, where she has worked extensively to develop a medical understanding of eye-affecting changes.
Remember that since the announcement of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia has been doing basic work to empower women, Al-Abdi said, adding that I see young Saudi women taking advantage of the encouragement and support available to promote their interests and abilities. I am very happy to do.
Both women say it is their dream to encourage and motivate people to work harder.
