Genetic Disorders in the United Arab Emirates

The burgeoning research in medical and molecular genetics in the UAE compels the importance of bringing together diverse expertise and resources within the country as well as in the Arab World to provide a forum to foster and support collaborative research to identify the genetic bases of diseases in the region. Considering this, the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies initiated a pilot project to establish a database to catalogue genetic disorders in the Arab World. The initiative mainly aims at the education of the medical community and dissemination of knowledge and reliable information to at-risk populations as the most efficient ways to control genetic disorders in the Arab World.