By 2027, Patrick Tan’s project in Singapore will create Asia’s first functional precision medicine system with the potential to fine-tune treatments and drug responses for Asians.
China has put Illumina on its ‘unreliable entity list’ after the US imposed sanctions on Beijing Genomics Institute, also a global giant making genome sequencing equipment.
Genome India project was launched in 2020, completed in February last year. A total of 10,000 genome samples across diverse sections of Indian society were collected.
India faces challenges because of low investment in public health programs, high endemicity in difficult-to-reach locations, and persisting diagnostic gaps.
Indian genome closer to Iranian farmers & steppe herders than Africans. Most significant contact between ancestral Indians & Africans was 50,000 years ago, finds preprint UC Berkeley study.
Completion of Genome India Project was announced at 38th Foundation day celebrations of Dept of Biotechnology. Initiative to conduct sequencing of 10,000 genomes was launched in 2020.
The old XUV 700 was an indication that the Indian manufacturer had begun to up their game. But 7XO is world-class in terms of fit, finish, and equipment.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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