What is 'IndiGen' project that is sequencing Indian genes?
5 years, 2 months ago

What is 'IndiGen' project that is sequencing Indian genes?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research recently announced the conclusion of a six-month exercise of conducting a “whole-genome sequence” of a 1,008 Indians. The project is part of a programme called “IndiGen” and is What is whole genome sequencing? The order of base pairs and varying lengths of these sequences constitute the “genes”, which are responsible for making amino acids, proteins and, thereby, everything that is necessary for the body to function. Under “IndiGen”, the CSIR drafted about 1,000 youth from across India by organising camps in several colleges and educating attendees on genomics and the role of genes in disease. The CSIR’s “IndiGen” project, as it is called, selected the 1,000-odd from a pool of about 5,000 and sought to include representatives from every State and diverse ethnicities.

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India maps its genes: How GenomeIndia is a step towards personalised medicine
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5 days, 7 hours ago

India maps its genes: How GenomeIndia is a step towards personalised medicine

India Today  

The GenomeIndia Project, launched in January 2020 by the government, is a landmark initiative that has finished the whole-genome sequencing of 10,000 Indians. This project has catalogued the genetic diversity of the Indian population, uncovered rare genetic variants, and paved the way for precision medicine in the country. For instance, we’ve identified rare genetic variants that are unique to Indian …

10,000 human genomes database launched
5 days, 10 hours ago

10,000 human genomes database launched

The Hindu  

India has completed and made available a year-long compilation of 10,000 human genomes from India, representing 83 population groups, or about 2% of the country’s 4,600 population groups as a database. Over the last two decades, many countries have created databases of the genomes of their population — for a variety of purposes including estimating disease risks, adverse drug reactions, …

Modi releases genome sequencing data of 10K Indians
5 days, 13 hours ago

Modi releases genome sequencing data of 10K Indians

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday released the genome sequencing data of 10,000 Indian nationals. The ‘Genome India Data’, that represents the genetic diversity in the country, will be available to researchers at the Indian Biological Data Centre through “managed access”. In a video message at the start of the ‘Genome India Project’, Prime Minister said that India …

PM Modi hails Genome India Project, know how will its data work for preventing diseases | Details
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6 days, 7 hours ago

PM Modi hails Genome India Project, know how will its data work for preventing diseases | Details

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the completion of the Genome India Project. Addressing an event related to the Genome India Project completion, he said the Genome India Project marks a defining moment in the country's biotechnology landscape. This project will prove to be a big milestone in the Department of Biotechnology Research" "Today the world is looking towards …

GenomeIndia project complete, PM Modi calls it historic
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6 days, 7 hours ago

GenomeIndia project complete, PM Modi calls it historic

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the successful completion of the GenomeIndia Project, calling it a historic step in India's research landscape. The GenomeIndia Project, which started in January 2020, is a national initiative to map the genetic diversity of India's population. Out of these, around 7 million are completely new and not listed in global databases of known genetic variations.The …

Data — A healthy way to assess progress
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Data — A healthy way to assess progress

The Hindu  

The undoubtedly biggest story in healthcare in India last week, came of all things, from the Lancet. Going back to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lancet said that another contentious issue is the lack of credibility of India’s continuing claim that only 0·48 million people died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas the World Health Organisation and other estimates …

What can the 10,000 genome project tell us about India’s health | In Focus podcast
9 months ago

What can the 10,000 genome project tell us about India’s health | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

India announced recently, that it has completed the 10,000 genome project – a reference database of whole-genome sequences, from people in India. This project is seen as an important step to find out about genetic variants that are unique to India, to customise drugs and gene-based therapies, give us answers about certain diseases, and to provide a deeper insight into …

The genome that knows all
10 months, 1 week ago

The genome that knows all

The Hindu  

In April 2003, there was much jubilation, justifiably so, across the world as the Human Genome Project announced that it had generated the first sequence of the human genome. “This has been a revolutionary initiative but going ahead we will need to sample many more thousands of genomes to pick out more, rare mutations.” The main outcomes of such an …

Decoding the script: On the Genome India Project and its sequencing 10,000 Indian genomes
10 months, 1 week ago

Decoding the script: On the Genome India Project and its sequencing 10,000 Indian genomes

The Hindu  

The Genome India Project, a project funded and coordinated by the Department of Biotechnology, announced that it had finished sequencing 10,000 Indian genomes. This means that the complete genomes — the DNA blueprint that constitutes and maintains human bodies — from 10,000 individuals were analysed to create a ‘reference’ Indian human genome. In a way, the latest enterprise would be …

What is Genome Sequencing? How Study of 10,000 Individuals is a Watershed in India’s Healthcare
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Genome Sequencing? How Study of 10,000 Individuals is a Watershed in India’s Healthcare

News 18  

Indian scientists are close to completing reference genome, with sequencing of samples from 10,000 individuals from around 99 communities already done. Union science and technology minister Jitendra Singh said genome study or sequencing will determine the future healthcare strategies across the world, both therapeutically and prophylactically. “It can also help in identifying resistance indicating variants, for examples, genes that might …

Indian scientists complete sequencing of 10,000 genomes for database
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian scientists complete sequencing of 10,000 genomes for database

India TV News  

Scientists have recently completed the sequencing of genomes from 10,000 individuals across diverse Indian communities. Why it matters Sequencing genomes—essentially mapping out an individual's genetic makeup—is crucial for shaping future healthcare strategies worldwide, both in treatment and prevention. The need for Indian solutions Union minister emphasised the importance of finding solutions tailored to Indian needs, given the country's emergence as …

Explained | What is genome sequencing and why does the Genome India Project matter?
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | What is genome sequencing and why does the Genome India Project matter?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Department of Biotechnology recently said that the exercise to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes and create a database under the Centre-backed Genome India Project is about two-thirds complete. The process of whole-genome sequencing, made possible by the Human Genome Project, now facilitates the reading of a person’s individual genome to identify differences from the average …

10,000 Indian genomes to be sequenced by year-end
1 year, 9 months ago

10,000 Indian genomes to be sequenced by year-end

The Hindu  

The Genome India Project, a Centre-backed initiative to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes and create a database, is about two-thirds through, said Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology. We expect the 10,000 genomes to be completely sequenced by the end of the year,” said Mr. Gokhale at a conference organised by the Association of Biotech-Led Enterprises, an industry group, on …

Scientists condemn project to study ‘racial purity’ of Indian population
2 years, 7 months ago

Scientists condemn project to study ‘racial purity’ of Indian population

The Hindu  

Over a 100 leading biologists, historians, anthropologists and intellectuals have written a joint letter to the Ministry of Culture protesting its purported plans to fund a project to study “genetic similarities and differences in the DNA profiles of Indian population groups.” Last month media reports surfaced of a plan involving the Anthropological Survey of India, some scientists at the Lucknow-based …

Genomic sequencing hubs must be made a permanent part of India’s pandemic response
3 years, 4 months ago

Genomic sequencing hubs must be made a permanent part of India’s pandemic response

Firstpost  

Public labs put into action by the INSACOG for this purpose are not adequately funded and have the capacity to process only 30,000 samples a month. To achieve the five percent sequencing target, India must process 75,000 samples a month which is 2.5 times the current scale. Making private sector labs a part of the genome sequencing process can help …

Bring genomic sequencing into the pandemic fight
3 years, 7 months ago

Bring genomic sequencing into the pandemic fight

The Hindu  

If there is one tool in the COVID-19 pandemic response, which India has been slow in adoption and has used sub-optimally, it is genomic sequencing. Based upon the analysis of nearly 3,600 genomic sequence samples from November 2020 to April 2021, the authors have reported that by April 2021, the Delta variant became the most circulating variant in Delhi and …

B.1.617.2 becoming dominant variant in India, finds genome sequencing
3 years, 7 months ago

B.1.617.2 becoming dominant variant in India, finds genome sequencing

India Today  

The United Kingdom has been closely watching the movement of the sub-lineages of the B.1.617 variant that originated in India - B1617.1, B1617.2, and B.617.3. Experts in genomic sequencing of Covid-19 variants in India have now revealed that cases which show B.1.617.2 are slowly eclipsing almost all other variants, including B.1.1.7 -- the Kent variant that originated in the UK. …

‘Variant tracking an essential part of long-term strategy’: Satyajit Rath
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Variant tracking an essential part of long-term strategy’: Satyajit Rath

The Hindu  

Satyajit Rath was trained as a physician and a pathologist and has worked on mechanisms involved in the development and functioning of the immune system, in India and overseas, and later as a faculty member at the National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi. There is quite good evidence for SARS-CoV-2 virus that such ‘neutralising’ antibodies do protect better than …

CSIR offers free mapping of Indian genomes
5 years, 2 months ago

CSIR offers free mapping of Indian genomes

The Hindu  

Anyone looking for a free mapping of their entire genome can sign up for the IndiGen initiative, a programme managed by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology and the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Much like a CT scan, for instance.” Private laboratories say that they see potential from the results of the genome mapping to translate into …

Major mission to sequence genes of Indians planned
6 years, 3 months ago

Major mission to sequence genes of Indians planned

The Hindu  

India is planning a major mission to sequence the genes of a “large” group of Indians — akin to projects in the United Kingdom, China, Japan and Australia — and use this to improve health as well as buck a global trend of designing ‘personalised medicine.’ This was among the key decisions taken at the 1st Prime Minister’s Science, Technology …

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