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Couples Must Perform Premarital Tests for 600 Genes: Ministry
The UAE Ministry of Health and Community Prevention has said that it plans to expand its premarital test list to include genetic testing of 600 genes that cause hereditary diseases among children. The ministry said that its plan aims at making marriage life more stable and preventing factors that lead to diseases among children.
The ministry also announced that couples can perform the premarital tests at its laboratory, with the possibility of performing them at private laboratories on condition that its staff check the results.