THE UAE IS WINNING THE RACE TO SEQUENCE AN ENTIRE COUNTRY'S DNA

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The UAE's Emirate Genome Programme started six years ago with the goal of mapping the genetic code of all of the nation's around one million citizens. The country believes that gene sequencing is both a public-health project and a key part of the country's multitrillion-dollar effort to refashion itself from a petrostate into an AI powerhouse. The project has already collected DNA samples from more than 750,000 Emirates. Efforts to pair AI with genomic data have yet to yield profitable drugs, but many believe they will soon.