The Malaysian Ministry of Health will provide a grant of MYR5 million to support this work which will be executed by GeneNews (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of GeneNews.
CC Liew, co-founder and chief scientist of GeneNews, said: “Our project with the Malaysian Ministry of Health aims to develop blood-based, genomic diagnostic tests for the early detection and staging of these three diseases.
“This collaboration also gives GeneNews the opportunity to train select Malaysian Ministry of Health staff, contributing to their human capital development, and also adding depth to GeneNews’s R&D expertise in Malaysia.”