Two Bengaluru labs among 17 new ones to help with genome sequencing
The Hindu
They are Indian Institute of Science and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Amid rising concerns over mutations and a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Centre has added 17 more national labs, including two from Bengaluru, to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG) network. This is to ramp up genome sequencing of the virus and help understand the spread of new variants in the country. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have been added along with 15 other labs from across the country. V. Ravi, nodal officer for genomic confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in Karnataka, said that with this, INSACOG now has a total of 27 labs.More Related News