A new initiative has been launched in Egypt to empower teenage girls, especially in the country's marginalised communities by supporting their rights, bridging the gender gap, and building their social, health and economic assets.
Imagine a child as young as four or five years old, unable to walk and play, suffering from continuous bruising and bleeding, forced by his condition into a state of obligatory rest and inactivity.
It is the first is drug that slows the progress of the fatal brain-destroying disease instead of just managing its symptoms.
Three researchers from the biotechnology graduate programme and chemistry department at The American University in Cairo (AUC) received on Thursday best presentation awards for young researchers at the 17th Annual Conference of the National Committee of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NCBMB).