COMSTECH organized a virtual innovation lab on detection of metabolic disorders in new born babies on Wednesday. The lab was conducted by Prof. Dr. Farzad Kobarfad, Professor of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry at Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The session included a comprehensive presentation followed by practical lab session of implementation of techniques discussed in the presentation.
COMSTECH organized a virtual innovation lab on detection of metabolic disorders in new born babies on Wednesday. The lab was conducted by Prof. Dr. Farzad Kobarfad, Professor of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry at Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The session included a comprehensive presentation followed by practical lab session of implementation of techniques discussed in the presentation.
Coordinator General COMSTECH, Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary informed in his introductory lecture that today’s session is beginning of a new series named “COMSTECH Innovation Laboratory”. The concept of COMSTECH innovation laboratory includes a lecture of an expert on fundamental concept followed by practical implementation of the concepts in the laboratory. He said today’s innovation lab is all about the use of the concept of mass spectrometry in detection of hundreds of metabolic disorders which are largely genetic disorders — inherited from parents.
Prof. Farzad gave a presentation on “principles and applications of mass spectrometry in neonatal metabolic disorders screening” and demonstrated the concepts discussed in his presentation in the laboratory.
Prof. Farzad discussed inborn errors of metabolism, biomarkers, types of mass analyzers, methods of Ion monitoring and application of mass spectrometry in metabolic disorders screening. He said that some babies are born with congenital metabolic disorders which could not be detected by the physical examination at the time of birth, and when these metabolic disorders are not detected and treated on time the baby would not be able to metabolize some of the elements from mother feed and would have different serious medical problems. He said that metabolic disorders are irreversible and cause very serious problems. He said that early detection of such disorders is crucial to treat and manage them effectively.
Prof. Farzad stressed the need of a proper system to diagnose these disorders on time. He said to treat these diseases it is important to diagnose them in first 10 days of birth of a baby. He suggested to screen all new born babies to diagnose and treat the metabolic disorders.
The innovative lab session was attended online by a number of scholars, students and scientists from a number of OIC states.