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Friday, Feb 07, 2003
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Bio-tech & Genetics CDFD earns Rs 40 lakh from external sources Our Bureau
HYDERABAD, Feb. 6 THE Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), here, which specialises in genetic engineering and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprinting techniques has earned Rs 40 lakh from external sources during the financial year 2001-02. One of the youngest national laboratories supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), CDFD has been able to attract 29 project grants worth Rs 8 crore from both national and international organisations and companies for frontline research work, according to Dr Seyed E. Hasnain, Director of the Centre. The CDFD is part of an international effort to sequence the silkworm genome. Eight countries, which include France, the UK, Greece, Korea and India are involved in this initiative set to be completed in two years, he said at the Centre's Foundation Day recently. Making a presentation on the progress of the laboratory, Dr Hasnain said the number of publications in `high impact' scientific journals also rose from 16 during 2000-01 to 42 during 2001-02. The lab has also applied for five international patents during the last fiscal and forged collaborations with Bharat Biotech, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Forensic Sciences Laboratory, New Delhi to carry out research in newer areas such as stem cells. Another area where the lab is playing a significant role in the genome profiling of the tuberculosis bacterium. Research work, so far, has indicated that the Indian strain of mycobacterium was different from others like the Dutch, Australian, Canada or Vietnam, he said. A major implication of these findings are the need to evolve a different approach to disease diagnosis, treatment and overall management. The CDFD is involved here again in an international collaborative project to take forward these results, Dr Hasnain said. A project which is focussed on Andhra Pradesh was the problem of primary congenital glaucoma. The incidence of this problem was of the order of one out of every 3,300 in the State. In collaboration with the Dr L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, a systematic study has been initiated, he said.
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