Genome sequencing lab at MMCRI
The Hindu
Amid the Omicron threat, a genome sequencing laboratory in Mysuru is expected to be ready soon. The Mysore Medical College and Research Institute is awaiting the technical team from the government fo
Amid the Omicron threat, a genome sequencing laboratory in Mysuru is expected to be ready soon. The Mysore Medical College and Research Institute is awaiting the technical team from the government for installing the equipment procured for the hi-tech lab.
Such labs are coming up in four medical colleges in the State, including the MMCRI in Mysuru, to detect mutations of Coronavirus, thereby helping the authorities in taking adequate precautions against the mutated strains.
As the samples sent for genome sequencing are handled by a lab at NIMHANS, the government wanted to ease the burden on NIMHANS and set up similar lab facilities in four places in the State that could handle the samples sent for detecting mutations of virus.
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