UAE GDA in Media
University students participate in an introductory session on genetic diseases
students from Ajman University participated in the introductory session organized by the Renaissance Women’s Association in Dubai on genetic diseases. The session, held under the theme “Year of Zayed and the Genes of Happiness,” was presented by Dr. Maryam Matar, the founder and president of the Emirates Genetic Diseases Association.
Founder and President of the Emirates Genetic Diseases Association
Dr. Maryam Matar is the founder and president of the Emirates Genetic Diseases Association, which has led to the issuance of five legislations in the United Arab Emirates. She is a pioneer of the genetic map project in the United Arab Emirates and her project has contributed to
List of DNA testing companies
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World of Genomics: The United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is famous for the opulent city of Dubai, where you’ll find the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. What you may not know is that the UAE also created the world’s first cloned camel, Injaz, who gave birth to a female calf in 2015 –
Mapping the Arab genome
Large-scale genomics and precision medicine are not what most would associate with the Middle East, a region often linked in the media to conflict, oil and desert. However, in the past two decades in the small Arabian Gulf state of Qatar, a sizable investment has been directed toward creating a