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May 14 , 2019 1895 days 861 0
  • The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has launched a new project called ‘MANAV: Human Atlas Initiative’.
  • This is the first program to map every tissue of the human body.
  • The project can be signed up by students with a background in bio-sciences who are in their final year of graduation and above.
  • The atlas will have data about the human physiology in two stages - in a normal stage and a disease stage.
  • Thus, the atlas can help in
    • tracing the causes of a disease
    • understanding specific pathways
    • decode the body’s disease stage linked to tissues and cells.
  • In addition to researchers and clinicians, the atlas will be of help to drug developers.

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