Sidra Medical and Research Center (Sidra) will probe the limits of medicine when it holds its symposium on the Molecular Interception of Disease on November 6 and 7 at the Qatar National Convention Centre. Local and international speakers at the forefront of research into disease interception will gather to share knowledge, advance research and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Disease interception is a preventive medicine concept. It involves identifying and addressing the root causes of disease through cutting-edge research, medicine and technology. If molecular symptoms of disease can be stopped or slowed before clinical symptoms appear, health outcomes may be transformed.
Sidra’s Chief Research Officer Dr. Francesco Marincola explained, “We are no longer treating merely the symptoms. The idea is to intervene and stop the disease from initializing. Disease prevention is the ultimate goal."
