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The Director General of the Center Participates in the Central Graduation Ceremony of the University The Director General of the Biotechnology Research Center at Al_ Nahrain University Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud Farhan has been participating in central graduation ceremony of the thirty first batch of the university. The ceremony took place bearing the slogan “Knowledge and Development” with the presences of His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Naim Al Aboudi, the president of Al Nahrain University Prof Dr. Ali Abdulaziz Al-Shawi, along with a number of academic figures, faculty members, and the families of the graduates. The purpose of the ceremony was to inspires the students to attain knowledge and development, which in most cases goes beyond graduating in the university but today the great and hardworking graduates were presented with awards and letters of appreciation

The Director General of the Center Speaks on a PhD dissertation The Director General of the Biotechnology Research Center at Al Nahrain University, Prof. Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Farhan, attended a doctoral thesis defense at the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute for Graduate studies-university of Baghdad. The work of the student Farah Farouk Hassan, entitled “Evaluation of Toll-like Receptor 4, Interleukin 18, and miR-126 as Predictive Biomarkers in a Sample of Iraqi Women with Breast Cancer”, was explained in the discussion hall of the institute. The objectives of the study were to confirm the possibility of TLR4 and IL-18 and miRNA-126 as breast cancer-specific biomarkers among the Iraqi women population. The study looked into employing those predictive biomarkers for the early breast cancer diagnosis and management in Iraqi women who are apparently healthy but are at high risk of developing more aggressive stage 31. The study period went from late October 2022 to early August 2023, during which all patients attended the Oncology Unit at Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. The samples were taken and changes in age groups of 25-34 age and 35-44 age, 45-54 age, 55-64 age, and 65-74 age were developed. Among non-patients, the average age was 47.60 ± 11.70 years, among patients treated for the tumor the average age was 51.40 ± 10,06 years, and the average age among untreated restrained was 53.34 ± 9.51 years, with the least percentage in the 25-34 age category. The study found that the concentration of IL-18 was lower in the healthy control group (93.44 ng/L) compared to the treated group (99.96 ng/L) and the untreated group (122.72 ng/L), with a significant difference in the untreated group (p = 0.001). The study recommended that the gene expression of TLR4 and IL-18, as well as their serum concentrations, were higher in patients compared to the healthy control group. In contrast, the gene expression of miR-126 was lower in patients compared to the healthy control group. This indicates a potential correlation between immune stimulators (TLR4 and IL-18) and, possibly indirectly, with the gene expression of miR-126-5p

Awareness Seminar The Women Empowerment Unit of the Biotechnology Research Center at Al-Nahrain University, in conjunction with the Women Empowerment Unit at The College of Science, organized an awareness and cultural seminar on breast cancer entitled “A Step Towards Life…Get Checked”. The seminar was designed to promote the message that routine follow-up and examinations or even self-examinations or medical examinations are essential. Such practices empower women to be more preventive in disease management by ensuring they understand the signs and encouraging early detection of breast cancer. It improves the chances of recovery, quick response to treatment and halts the disease development. The seminar was addressed by Assistant Professor Seham Imran Musa, President of the Iraqi Breast Cancer Fighting Association, N.J.O. and Dr. Ruaa Hamid Abdul Redha. The women’s affairs unit of the university presidency oversaw the event as well as assistant Lecturer Rawa Adnan Khalaf who is the Women Empowerment Unit head at the Biotechnology Research Center

            Tree-Planting Campaign is an initiative by the Biotechnology Research Center of Al-Nahrain University aimed at the whole of tree planting program in the gardens of the center. Under the Agricultural Affairs Division of the Directorate of Facilities and the Propagation and Afforestation Unit, the campaign was executed under the overview of the University administration’s objectives to give campus the very best touch. Also, the program sought to rehabilitate the center’s garden by planting various trees, shrubs, and flowers in addition to establishing a permanent greening lawn. The participation in the campaign included the center’s director, Dr. Muhammad Mahmoud Farhan, along with staff and faculty members, with Dr. Farhan, who realized the significance of cooperative action in the restoration and preservation of the environment, praising the contributors to the accomplishment of the campaign. A very big variety of appropriate seedlings were supplied to the center during the campaign while ensuring their sowing in appropriate soils with all the needed aftercare. It seeks to achieve the environmental conservation program of promoting environmental awareness of the Ministry involved and is part of the continuing effort towards expanding into green spaces to ease the air at the university