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In The Media
For the First Time, India Has a Genome Database. But Are We Ready to Use It?
The IndiGen Genome Project, launched in April 2019, is a government-funded exercise that sequenced more than a thousand individuals from diverse ethnicities to create a genome database for India.
Published on Nov 22, 2019
Source: Print
For the first time ever, we have a gene database just for Indians.
The IndiGen Genome Project, launched in April this year, is a government-funded exercise that sequenced more than a thousand individuals from diverse ethnicities to create a genome database for India.
Since most of the globally available genetic tests have been developed using data of Caucasian populations, this indigenous genetic mapping exercise might improve our ability to diagnose, prevent, and treat diseases specific to the Indian population.
But is India, which will see the Personal Data Protection Bill being tabled in Parliament this winter session, ready?
About the Author
Shruti Sharma
Former Associate Director, Fellow, and Chief Coordinator, Global Technology Summit, Technology and Society Program
Shruti Sharma was an associate director and a fellow with the Technology and Society Program at Carnegie India, where she is currently working on exploring the challenges and opportunities in leveraging biotechnology to improve public health capacity in India. Additionally, she is the Chief Coordinator of Carnegie India's Global Technology Summit.
- The India-United Kingdom Technology and Security Initiative: Ideas for Change
- The India-U.S. TRUST Initiative: A Resilient Pharma Supply ChainCommentary
Shruti Sharma
Recent Work
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