{"id":85377,"date":"2019-10-27T16:33:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T11:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=11233"},"modified":"2019-10-27T16:33:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T11:03:34","slug":"indigen-genome-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indigen-genome-project\/","title":{"rendered":"IndiGen Genome project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Research laboratories working under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) has announced the completion of IndiGen Genome Project.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About IndiGen Genome Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Project is being implemented by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB),Delhi and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB),Hyderabad.<\/li><li>The aim of the project is to undertake whole genome sequencing of thousands of individuals representing diverse ethnic groups from India.<\/li><li>The project also aims to enable genetic epidemiology and develop public health technologies applications using population genome data.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance of the initiative:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The genomic data will help scientists understand genetic diversity of the Indian population and make available genetic variant frequencies for clinical applications.<\/li><li>The outcomes of the project will also find applications in a number of areas, including faster and efficient diagnosis of rare genetic disease.<\/li><li>The project will also lead to cost-effective genetic tests enabling efficient diagnosis of heritable cancers and pharmacogenetic tests to prevent adverse drug reactions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Genome Sequencing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Genome sequencing means determining the order of the four chemical building blocks called bases that make up the DNA molecule.<\/li><li>Genome sequencing helps to understand how genes work together to direct the growth, development and maintenance of an organism.It helps to determine unique genetic traits, susceptibility and resilience to diseases.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Research laboratories working under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) has announced the completion of IndiGen Genome Project. Facts: About IndiGen Genome Project: The Project is being implemented by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB),Delhi and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB),Hyderabad. The aim of the project is to undertake whole&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indigen-genome-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IndiGen Genome project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2713],"class_list":["post-85377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-indigen-genome-project","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702985206},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}