TEHRAN (ISNA) - The 17th Royan International Scientific Festival was held in Tehran as top foreign and local plans were awarded in the event.
175 plans from 36 countries were sent to the secretariat of the event. 98 ones belonged to stem cells and regenerative medicine and 77 of which belonged to reproductive medicine.
Royan Institute is an Iranian clinical, research and educational institute dedicated to biomedical, translational and clinical researches acting as a leader of Stem Cell research and also one of the best clinics for infertility treatment.
Royan is a public non-profitable organization which is affiliated to Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) and was established in 1991 by the late Dr. Saied Gourabi as a research institute for Reproductive Biomedicine and infertility treatments. In 1998 this institute was approved by Ministry of Health as Cell Based Research Center.
Hamid-Reza Tayyebi, Head of Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) also took part in the event and delivered a speech.