Sidra Medicine Archives

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Sidra Medicine awarded million-dollar grant for Type 1 diabetes screening

The award will support the establishment of a program that combines auto antibody and genetic screening for children with diabetes. Qatar-based Sidra Medicine has been given a grant worth one…

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Qatar researchers mark major step towards understanding triggers of monogenic obesity

A study engineered lab-based hormones that control satiety and outcompete dysfunctional counterparts. Researchers from the Qatar-based Sidra Medicine Hospital said they found a treatment for monogenic obesity, making a revolutionary…

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Five Qatari hospitals among world’s top 250 academic medical centres

Last year, Qatar ranked first in the Arab world and 18th worldwide in the 2022 Health Care Index. Five Qatar hospitals have ranked among the world’s top 250 academic medical…

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Sidra Medicine first hospital in region to implant newly certified artificial heart valve

Qatar’s Sidra Medicine is now the first in MENA region to implant the newly certified artificial heart valve. The newly commercially certified Venus P-Valve for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantations will…

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Sidra Medicine saves life of teen with rare heart disease

The state of the art hospital and research center looks back at its success on ‘World Heart Day’. Experts from Sidra Medicine’s Heart Center have saved the life of a…

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A new car seat checking station opens in Doha

According to figures released by the Planning and Statistics Authority in Qatar, 196,185 traffic violations were recorded in December 2021. Qatar National Child Passenger Safety Program, ‘Ghalai’, has launched a…

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Sidra Medicine discovers and diagnoses new disease

The patients are currently recovering from the newly-discovered disease. Sidra Medicine has discovered and diagnosed a new gastroenterological disease, enabling them to save the lives of two young patients. The…

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Sidra Medicine transforms microbe identification from days to minutes

Qatar contributes to the medical field with its recent development of a new inexpensive and in-house preparation methodology. Qatar Foundation’s international biomedical institute of excellence, Sidra Medicine, has developed a…

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Researchers in Qatar develop advanced screening tool for genetic diseases

Scientists in Qatar and Weill Cornell Medicine have teamed up to assemble an innovative low-cost screening tool, “QChip1,” that detects genetic diseases. Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine’s (WCM) main campus…

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