New agreement in the field of genetics

Dubai: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) recently signed an agreement with Imagine, the Institute of Genetic Diseases in France to facilitate the exchange of research and information in genetic education.

The agreement was signed by Professor Guillaume Huart, Secretary-General of Imagine, and Engineer Eisa Al Maidour, Director-General of DHA.

“Genetics is an important field of health care and this agreement facilitates the exchange of faculty and visiting scholars to participate in teaching research and service programmes as we believe continuous medical education in this field is important to advance prevention, treatment and early detection of genetic disorders,” said Al Maidour. The two sides will also promote the advancement of science, technology and human learning through the undertaking of cooperative research on topics of mutual interest and expertise.