RIYADH: The mathematical sciences department at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University has taken first and third place in a regional competition, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The contest was for students at the Riyadh region level and was organized by the Saudi Association for Mathematical Sciences at King Saud University.
Research by Nourah Al-Harbi, Kafaa Al-Otaibi, and Hoda Awadh, under the supervision of Dr. Mona Ashour, took the top spot. Research about a mathematical model of stem cell therapy for the treatment of cancer, prepared by Nour Al Hoda Mohammed Al-Hajr, Kafa Yaser Al-Zaabouti and Amjad Bandar Al Zoughaibi, under the supervision of Dr. Manar Al Qoodat, ranked third.
Prominent university-level research projects are judged by an elite group of judges, the most important of whom this year was Princess Asmaa Bin Ibrahim Al-Thumairi, who is an assistant professor at the mathematical sciences department of Princess Nourah University.
Princess Nourah University tops maths contest
Princess Nourah University tops maths contest
- Prominent university-level research projects are judged by an elite group of judges
KSrelief transfers Gaza girl to Jordan for cancer treatment
- Roza Al-Dreimli in Jordan because Israel destroyed Gaza hospitals
- Under assessment, monitoring at the King Hussein Cancer Center
AMMAN: A cancer-stricken Palestinian girl from Gaza is now undergoing clinical observation prior to treatment at a specialist hospital in Jordan, thanks to Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief.
Roza Al-Dreimli was transported to Amman from the Gaza Strip through the initiative of KSrelief, as a part of Saudi Arabia’s continued medical support for Palestinians, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.
Al-Dreimli was prioritized because assessments indicated the need for advanced treatment of cancerous cells at the base of her brain. She is at the King Hussein Cancer Center, and being treated by a team of pediatricians.
She is currently undergoing “intensive clinical monitoring” to “ensure control of the condition, and prevent any potential neurological or visual complications resulting from the tumor’s location,” the SPA reported.
Al-Dreimli’s family expressed profound gratitude for KSrelief’s swift intervention, and hoped the specialized care would ensure a full recovery.
Such specialized care is currently unavailable in the Gaza Strip because of Israel’s alleged genocidal destruction of hospitals and killing of medical workers since Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel has systematically destroyed homes and commercial buildings and infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave, killing over 70,000 Palestinians, many of them unarmed men, women and children, and injuring more than 170,000.
Tel Aviv has stated that its actions were in retaliation to a raid by Hamas of Israeli border villages, during which the militant group reportedly killed more than 1,200 people and took 254 hostages.
