Dubai: The eighth Dubai International Conference for Medical Sciences 2014 was inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of a number of specialists, doctors, medical students, nurses and laboratory technicians. The conference was organised by the Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences 2014.

During the two-day conference, a number of topics will be discussed, including the latest treatments, procedures, medicines, drugs, vaccines, cell therapy and targeted therapies. Some sessions will be led by international experts, these include the winners of awards exploring different topics related to drugs and methods of treatment.