UAE to host Genomic Studies research centre

Dr Mahmoud Taleb Al Ali, director of the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies has said that a research centre will be set up in the UAE to embark on the first Arab Genome Project in the region, the Khaleej Times has reported. The centre aims to map genes in the Arab population and provide a platform for future medical practice, and will also extend the Catalogue for Transmission Genetics in Arabs database to include the entire spectrum of genetic disorders in the Arab world, he said.