Hossein Najmabadi
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Hossein Najmabadi is an Iran
ian medical scientist and the director of Genetics Research Center at University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences. Najmabadi is known for his significant contribution to the genetics of mental retardation
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Najmabadi studied biology at the University of North Texas and hold a PhD in molecular biology from the same university in 1989. He then joined UCLA as a postdoc and in 1995 he was appointed as a faculty member at Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science - UCLA.
Najmabadi has published more than 100 peer reviewed papers in international journals in the field of medical genetics and cancer
genetics.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian medical scientist and the director of Genetics Research Center at University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences. Najmabadi is known for his significant contribution to the genetics of mental retardation
Mental retardation
Mental retardation is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors...
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Najmabadi studied biology at the University of North Texas and hold a PhD in molecular biology from the same university in 1989. He then joined UCLA as a postdoc and in 1995 he was appointed as a faculty member at Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science - UCLA.
Najmabadi has published more than 100 peer reviewed papers in international journals in the field of medical genetics and cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
genetics.