An amusing article, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, first Pakistani to have genome mapped:
Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary, Director International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University (KU), disclosed on Thursday that former Chairman, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rehman is the first Pakistani whose genome has been mapped by Pakistani scientists at a cost of $40,000 in just 10 months. China has contributed $20,000 in the total cost of the genome project. Pakistani and Indian genomes have similarities compared to others, he said, while speaking at a press conference, held on Thursday at Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine & Drug Research (PCMD), Karachi University (KU). ...
“Dr Atta has become the first Muslim man with this distinction,
while he is the third one among a list of renowned people in the world whose genomes have been mapped by scientists. The names of the first two persons are ...
