Kashmir-born US scientist plans to set up stem cell facility at SKIMS Archives

Kashmir-born US scientist Dr Khalid Shah Thursday revealed that he was working out a plan to setup a ‘Stem Cell Facility’ at valley’s prime medical institute—SKIMS Soura — to effective treat tumors and cancers. Dr Shah, who recently hogged headlines across the globe for discovering a way of turning stem cells into killing machines to fight brain cancer, said Kashmir had a dire need of such a center to treat thousands of cancer patients. “I had a detailed discussion with SKIMS authorities and faculty members regarding the cancer treatment at…