Jeddah, PhD student Wid bint Mohammad Al-Rashidi, at the faculty of science at King Abdulaziz University, won third place in the 2024 Merck Summer Innovation Cup, held in Darmstadt, Germany. Al-Rashidi developed a platform based on a recently discovered biological phenomenon that targets specific cells, typically cancerous ones, without affecting healthy cells. The platform can be utilized in research and treatment. Al-Rashidi won third place by participating with the "Synthetic Biology Team," outperforming seven competing teams from various countries around the world. Al-Rashidi, a genetics student in the biology department, is the only participant from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the competition and one of only two Arab students. Source: Saudi Press Agency
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