Sino-Kazakh genetic lab opens in Nur-Sultan

Ilesanmi Adesida (R back), provost of the Nazarbayev University, addresses the opening ceremony of the Sino-Kazakh genetic laboratory in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on Dec. 4, 2019. A Sino-Kazakh genetic laboratory opened in Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan's capital, said Kanat Baigarin, advisor to the university's president, at an opening ceremony on Wednesday. The genetic lab, jointly developed by China's Microread Genetics company and Nazarbayev University, is the first of its kind in Central Asia. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)