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About the author
Dr. Usman Ghani is a biochemist with education and training
from the University of Karachi, Pakistan and University
of Alberta, Canada. Presently, he is Associate Professor of
Biochemistry at Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Department of
Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi
Arabia. His research interests include enzymology, cellular
processes, and endothelial function and repair in disease.
Dr. Ghani’s current research also involves screening and iden-
tification of clinically important enzyme inhibitors and studies
on their mechanism of inhibition. His team has identified a
number of synthetic and natural inhibitors of α-glucosidase
and other enzymes that may become promising candidates for
development into drugs for treatment of diabetes mellitus and
other diseases. Dr. Ghani has been awarded numerous research
grants, and publishes his research work in high impact journals
of international repute.
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