Several children in the UAE, facing developmental delays and muscle weakness underwent standard genetic tests only for the results to turn up empty-handed. Parents were anxious, children confused and doctors, baffled over something that they weren't even able to identify.
This is when UAE-based geneticist Ayman El-Hattab stepped in and provided dedicated hard work to identify a previously unknown rare genetic disorder, which is now recognised internationally and named after its discoverers.
