Modern Muslim Contribtions (or lack of)
I was researching for modern Muslim contributions to science that weren’t covered in anyone’s presentations (and sadly I didn’t find all that much) but I did find out about this Malaysian surgeon by the name of Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor who was the first to perform biomedical research in outer space. He performed experiments relating to the growth of cancer cells – specifically liver cancer and leukemia cells and he also performed experiments on space protein (specifically lipase (a type of protein enzyme) crystallization. The experiments relating to protein crystallization could be financially beneficial for Malaysia because lipases are used in a large variety of products. It’s actually a cool story because he prayed in space and on Eid-ul-fitr he handed out cookies that he’d packed to the rest of crew at the station, but anyways that’s a side note. I also found out about Toffy Musivand, a Persian engineer who invented a various pieces of medical equipment, his most famous invention being the Artificial Cardiac Pump. If Mohammad hadn’t already talked about Dr. Farouk el Baz in his presentation I would’ve done my post on him because he is by far the most famous modern Muslim scientist [and he’s Egyptian of courseJ].