Scientists at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of Genomics Integrated Biology (IGIB), India, have developed a unique DNA-based technology GOMED (Genomics and other Omics technologies for Enabling Medical Decision). It can help clinicians to identify various genetic diseases such as Turner syndrome and Gaucher’s disease that an individual is suspected to get in future.
In fact, the GOMED is already widely sought after by clinicians and over the short span of one year has been able to provide accessible genetic testing for over 500 patients who otherwise could not have afforded the costly tests. The CSIR-IGIB, under the Union Science and Technology Ministry, which has developed the technology, is in talks with various diagnostic laboratories like Path Labs and others to launch it on commercial basis and make it available to a common man.
“The present portfolio includes tests spanning over 80 genes and screening for mitochondrial disorders and is continuously updated. Presently, the IGIB is offering the genetic analysis services to its network of clinicians for the benefit of patients,” said Dr. Anurag Agarwal, at IGIB. The programme is funded through the Fast-Track Translation (FTT) programme of CSIR. It has been estimated that genetic diseases affect over 70 million Indians and a total of over 300 million worldwide.
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New technology to predict genetic diseases
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