Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jawad Hassan

NUMS Department of Biological Sciences,
National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi

Short Bio: Professor of Human Genetics did his PhD from Department of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He has twelve years’ experience of teaching to MBBS, BS, and M.Phil./Ph.D. students in different institutions. He has taught courses including Enzymology, General Genetics and Medical Biochemistry.

Keynote Topic: Genetics Research and its Translation to Clinical Trials in Pakistan

Pakistan is a population of 225 million people with high trends of family marriages. Genetic disorders are prevailing in this population and many genes and mutations have been identified so far in Pakistani families. Globally, scientists are trying to cure genetic disease through gene therapy approaches. Clinical trials of some of these drugs showed good results and many are approved from FDA, USA for treatment and management purposes. Most of these clinical trials and research on animals prior to human trials is carried out in technologically advanced countries. Unfortunately, despite having so many affected people, no clinical trials in genetic disease is ever carried out in Pakistan. In this talk, we review the current procedures of gene identification and update on clinical trials on genetic diseases. Also, we discuss the issue related to clinical trial research in Pakistan and we put some suggestions for betterment.