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Andrea Riposati said the genetic technology has the potential to transform health care.
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The $6 million laboratory opened in January and has the capacity to analyse up to 1,000 samples a week. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
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Dante chief executive Andrea Riposati showing how the sequencer machine works at Dante Labs, Silicon Oasis in Dubai.
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Home DNA testing is now available in a Dh999 saliva sampling kit provided by the Dante Labs.
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The test kit is part of the wider ‘Genetic for Everybody’ project.
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Andrea Riposati said the genetic technology has the potential to transform health care.
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The $6 million laboratory opened in January and has the capacity to analyse up to 1,000 samples a week. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
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Dante chief executive Andrea Riposati showing how the sequencer machine works at Dante Labs, Silicon Oasis in Dubai.
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Home DNA testing is now available in a Dh999 saliva sampling kit provided by the Dante Labs.
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The test kit is part of the wider ‘Genetic for Everybody’ project.
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Andrea Riposati said the genetic technology has the potential to transform health care.
DNA testing kit could predict how you might die -and show how to prevent it
Dante Labs' Dh999 saliva analyser creates genetic profile that identifies vulnerability to future illness
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