China's Microread Opens Central Asia's First DNA Testing Lab With Kazakhstani Uni
Liao Shumin
DATE:  Dec 06 2019
/ SOURCE:  yicai
China's Microread Opens Central Asia's First DNA Testing Lab With Kazakhstani Uni China's Microread Opens Central Asia's First DNA Testing Lab With Kazakhstani Uni

(Yicai Global) Dec. 5 -- A unit of China's Microread Genetics and Nazarbayev University have kicked off Central Asia's first genetic testing lab on the Kazakhstani institution's campus one and a half years after agreeing on the project. 

The lab, located on the premises of the School of Science and Technology, can carry out more 40 types of tests related to the fields of precision medicine, agriculture, and forensics, Xinhua News Agency reported. The facility is expected to conduct 30,000 tests each year.

In June 2018, Microread and Nazarbayev University signed a memorandum of cooperation on establishing the lab. 

Founded in 2007, Beijing-based Microread makes in vitro diagnostic reagents to detect changes in DNA that can help screen for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, or birth defects.

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Keywords:   Kazakhstan,Nazarbayev University,Microread Genetics