Prof. Dr. Mostafa Abd El-Naby, Minia University President, honoured Prof. Marck Youssef William Zaki, professor of biochemistry in Minia’s Pharmacy, as he is the first Egyptian to win the prestigious Newton Prize, for his project on “The Liver Microenvironment- A Driver of Hepatocellular Carcinoma”; a project managed and delivered by the British Council and the Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector at the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research.

The project was developed in collaboration between Newcastle University and Minia University, and focuses on different mediums and ways to halt the progression of liver cancer by finding biomarkers in the blood.

Dr. Zaki said that prevention is not only about prohibiting disease from occurring, it is about establishing a stronger research environment that can effectively support our efforts to beat the disease.