Materia Medica Malaysiana

Japan-based Malaysian scientist makes medical history

A Malaysian scientist in Japan Dr Ishwar S. Parhar has made a discovery that will alter the course of future treatment for infertility and brain diseases including cancer.
Japan Nippon Medical School’s Molecular Neuroendocrinology Unit director Dr Ishwar said he and his team had identified and found ways to isolate receptors that played a role in sexual development and growth of normal and cancerous cells.
“The discovery of receptors has opened new doors for the pharmaceutical industry.
“They can now set new targets for drug development for clinical problems related to reproduction and cancerous cell growth,” he said in an e-mail interview from Japan.
Dr Ishwar and his team of researchers have developed an innovative marker-tagged laser technique to isolate single neurons.