Tens of thousands of Hongkongers will have their entire genetic code decrypted in a government-backed project aimed at building a database to boost diagnoses of rare illnesses and aid bespoke cancer treatments.
Whole genome sequencing, a process which reveals all the information stored in a person’s DNA, will be performed on the targeted group, which will include people with uncommon genetic disorders and cancers.
In a document on the Hong Kong Genome Project, which the Food and...
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