Rajaa Fakhoury
Professor
Biochemistry
Alfaisal University
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Professor Fakhoury, is a professor of Medical Biochemistry and the head of the Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Department. She received her PhD in Medical Biochemistry from the college of Medicine at Manchester University. Her research interest is in the field of Genetic studies to find correlations between a disease and a genetic change where there is no obvious pattern of inheritance; And in the pharmacogenetic studies to determine if there is a genetic basis for certain adverse reactions to drugs. She has more than 30 publications in this field.
Research Interest
Biochemistry, genetics.
Publications
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M.D. Brown, O. Hudlicka, R .F. Makki and J.B. Weiss. Low molecular mass endothelial cell stimulating factor (ESAF) in relation to capillary growth induced in rat skeletal muscle by low frequency electrical stimulation. Int. J. Microc. - Clinical and Experimental 1995, 49: 740 - 741.
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A.L. Wallace, R Makki , J. Weiss and S. Hughes. Measurement of serum angiogenic factor in devascularised experimental tibial fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 1995, 9(4) : 324 - 332.
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P.B. Jones, R.F. Makki and J.B. Weiss . Endothelial cell stimulating angiogenic factor - A new biological marker for disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis. British Jour nal of Rheumatology 1994, 33 : 332 - 335.
