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A son’s dedication
Sharif Tabebordbar grew up watching his father’s physical health slowly get worse. His father had a muscle-wasting diseaseMuskelschwunderkrankungmuscle-wasting disease, but nobody knew how to treat it. Tabebordbar has spent his life finding a cureHeilmittel, -methodecure.
He studied biology and joined a researchForschungresearch organization. He now spends long hours developing a treatment for muscle-wasting diseases such as the one his father had. “He works all the time and has this incredibleunglaublichincredible passion and incredible dedicationHingabe, Engagementdedication,” Amy Wagers told The New York Times. She is a professor and co-chairCo-Vorsitzende(r)co-chair of the departmenthier: Fakultätdepartment of stem cellStammzellestem cell and regenerative biology at Harvard.
Recently, Tabebordbar made a discovery. In a paper published in the journal Cell in September 2021, he described how he has developed viruses that can deliver gene therapy directly to muscle cells without ending up in the liverLeberliver, which can harm patients.
It is too late for the scientist to help his father, but Tabebordbar plans to keep working hard to prevent others from suffering. “It is amazingfantastischamazing that we achieved this,” he said, “but now we need to get to work. What’s next?”