Genome data of 10 thousand Indians available for research

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a massive dataset of 8 petabytes of data stored at the Indian Biological Data Centre, calling it a “milestone” in biotechnology research. Genome sequencing data of 10,000 Indians from 99 different populations is now available to researchers to help them develop medicines and medical solutions specific to the Indian population.This is a process in which the complete DNA sequence of…