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| BTISNET - Sub-Distributed Information
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ALL INDIA INSTITUTE
OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NEW DELHI |
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Biotechnology has emerged as
a major force not only in industrial terms but also as
a discipline where in frontier areas of biology are being
integrated to enhance the quality of human life. The development
of immunology and molecular biology have been integrated
with modern virology, microbiology and fermentation technology
to yield rich dividends in the form of medical products
such as insulin, erythropoietin etc., as well as sensitive
and specific diagnostic procedure for infectious diseases
and inherited disorders. In addition the newer therapeutics
are envisaged to be genetically engineered cytokines such
as interferons and interleukins. |
| Gene therapy to correct inherited
disorder is being actively pursued. These global developments
need to be understood and harnessed by the medical personnel
in India at all the levels viz. Undergraduate, postgraduate
students, teachers and clinicians. With these objectives
Department of Biotechnology the first department of Medical
Biotechnology in the country was established at the All
India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1986 for teaching
and research in the areas of Medical Biotechnology. |
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BTIS provided support for three major
activities of our department namely (i) Teaching: The
bioinformatics module for M.Biotech. students was restructured
as a 5.5 credit point Theory and 4.0 credit point Practical
course (ii) Research: Active research was carried out
in the field of infectious diseases including malaria
& tuberculosis, cancer and cardiac diseases culminating
in (iii) Publications, diagnostics and patents.
For more detail visit: http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/Biotechnology/biotechintro.htm |
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Prof. Y.D. Sharma
Bioinformatics Centre
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110 029
Phone: 91-11-26588145, Mobile : 9868397964
Fax: 91-11-26852286 |
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