Gene genie.

(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))

Byline: Annie Freeda Cruez

TO get a cure, or at least cope with a sickness, you have to know what you are suffering from. ANNIE FREEDA CRUEZ finds out more from Dr Zilfalil Alwi, director of Universiti Sains Malaysia's Human Genome Centre in Kubang Kerian. Siti and Ahmad (not their real names) were devastated when doctors at Alor Star Hospital were unable to determine the gender of their baby.

They were informed the external genitalia of their baby resembled both male and female organs.

Like other young parents, they had been looking forward to their first child. They had to select baby names after …