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Volume 6, Issue 6(Suppl) J Biotechnol Biomater
ISSN: 2155-952X JBTBM, an open access journal
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Bio Summit & Molecular Biology 2016
October 10-12, 2016
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October 10-12, 2016 Dubai, UAE
2nd World Congress on
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Saif Aldeen Saleh Al Ryalat, J Biotechnol Biomater 2016, 6:6(Suppl)
Feasibility of investing time and money in genetic engineering: Commercial’s perspective
As we previously stated in our first speech, the emerging technologies (e.g., CRISPR-Cas9) provided an opportunity to
every scientist with innovative view to achieve his goal with minimal money and time. To get an overview about the
importance of genetic research, 2 examples will be discussed in details in this regard; the highest cited article in NATURE is a
genetic study entitled “An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome” that has more than 4200 citations
in the past 4 years. The other example is what professors Gerngross and Hutchinson achieved in the years 2000 to 2006; they
genetically modified the yeast Pichia pastoris to produce functional erythropoietin. In 2006, Merck offered 400 million in cash
to buy their innovative invention and keep them on the head of their project but huge funding. With the emerging technologies
that ease the genetic engineering, it is worth to think of an investment in this field, there are many similar examples where
simple lab with few innovative scientists turned into “money factory”.
Biography
Saif Aldeen Saleh Al Ryalat is a leading Researcher in several aspects of medicine, including genetic engineering and neurology. He is working on a project to
design a bio-production system to design aglycosylated antibodies that can replace monoclonal glycosylated antibodies that are used in several neurological
diseases (relatively high cost). He is also a peer Reviewer for several journals and a Researcher with several high impact publications. He is currently working at
School of Medicine at The University of Jordan where he had several honors and certificates.
Saif Aldeen Saleh Al Ryalat
The University of Jordan, Jordan