India’s first National Biobank
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: PIB
Context: Union Minister inaugurated India’s first National Biobank and a Longitudinal Population Data Study at CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi, under the Phenome India initiative, aimed at enabling personalised healthcare and indigenous genomic research.
About India’s first National Biobank:
• What is the National Biobank?
• A centralised, high-resolution genomic and clinical database capturing India’s ethnic, lifestyle, and health diversity. Part of Phenome India, a longitudinal cohort study to track disease patterns and gene-environment interactions over time.
• A centralised, high-resolution genomic and clinical database capturing India’s ethnic, lifestyle, and health diversity.
• Part of Phenome India, a longitudinal cohort study to track disease patterns and gene-environment interactions over time.
• Developed By:
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
• Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
• Objectives:
• Build India’s own population-specific health database Enable personalised treatment regimens based on genomic profiles Facilitate AI-powered diagnostics and gene-guided therapies Strengthen research on rare diseases, AMR, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases
• Build India’s own population-specific health database
• Enable personalised treatment regimens based on genomic profiles
• Facilitate AI-powered diagnostics and gene-guided therapies
• Strengthen research on rare diseases, AMR, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases
• Key Features:
• Collects genomic, lifestyle, and clinical data from over 10,000 individuals across the country Inspired by the UK Biobank, but tailored to Indian diversity in geography, caste, ethnicity, and socio-economic conditions Powers long-term health tracking to understand disease susceptibility, treatment response, and environmental influence.
• Collects genomic, lifestyle, and clinical data from over 10,000 individuals across the country
• Inspired by the UK Biobank, but tailored to Indian diversity in geography, caste, ethnicity, and socio-economic conditions
• Powers long-term health tracking to understand disease susceptibility, treatment response, and environmental influence.
• Significance:
• Makes India self-reliant in health and genomic data infrastructure Catalyses personalised medicine and preventive healthcare in public systems Empowers CSIR and IGIB to develop low-cost indigenous CRISPR therapies
• Makes India self-reliant in health and genomic data infrastructure
• Catalyses personalised medicine and preventive healthcare in public systems
• Empowers CSIR and IGIB to develop low-cost indigenous CRISPR therapies