India sees opportunities as genome sequencing prices decline

 22-Jun-17, BBC 

India is the land of inventors and industry, spices and spirituality - and 1.3 billion human genomes. But although the subcontinent contributes around 20% of the world's population, the DNA sequences of its people make up around 0.2% of global genetic databases.

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There's a growing interest in developing new, more effective therapies tailored to an individual's genetic makeup - known as precision medicine. Missing out on mapping worldwide genetic diversity is a big mistake, according to Sumit Jamuar, chief executive of Global Gene Corp.

It's a company aiming to democratise healthcare by capturing anonymised genetic data from populations around the world and it will start by focusing on populations in South Asia.

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