Punjab

Foundation stone laid for stem cell labs

The varsity is promoting those research projects which will lead to the socio-economic development of the country

Our Correspondent January 02, 2019

The varsity is promoting those research projects which will lead to the socio-economic development of the country. PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE: Punjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor Niaz Ahmad laid the foundation stone of Pakistan’s first-ever US Food and Drug Association (FDA) approved laboratories for the production and application of stem cells at the Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB) on Tuesday.

University of Health Sciences VC Dr Javed Akram, CEMB Director Tayyab Husnain and other noted scientists were also present at the occasion.

The varsity is promoting those research projects which will lead to the socio-economic development of the country, said PU VC Niaz Ahmed.

Science and technology are changing rapidly. We must make an effort to create new knowledge and contribute towards the advancement of the country, he added.

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Later, a symposium on the future trends in cellular and molecular biological research and applications was organised by CEMB, the Molecular Biology Consortium, Lahore, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and the University of Miami, Florida.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 2^nd, 2019.