Finding Answers Through Research
“I want to be in research to find answers, not just to treat a symptom or disease.”
-- Arezoo Mohammadipoor, DVM, Ph.D. student
As a student in veterinary school in Iran, Arezoo Mohammadipoor, DVM, volunteered with researchers while studying animal physiology, and from that experience, a love of research was born.
“I have always wanted to help, to do more,” she says. “And helping any creature—animal or human—is so great.”
Mohammadipoor joined the team at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IRM) in Temple in 2009 to study adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in different disease models, cell therapy, cellular mechanisms and therapeutic applications.
“Everyone here is from different scientific backgrounds, and they all are willing to help,” she says. Add excellent facilities to that collegial attitude, and you’ve got the makings for some dynamic research.
“I will continue to work in cell therapy,” she says. “I want to investigate the mechanisms involved, the potential for drug delivery by MSCs and protein therapies. All of this is the next evolution of medicine, the next frontier of translational medicine.”
