CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is collaborating with 20 research groups across the world on a ground-breaking integrated genomics and epigenomics study to understand the genetics behind Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in diverse populations, including South Asians.
The project — “Diverse Epigenetic Epidemiology Partnership (DEEP)” — is to uncover the effects of genomic and environmental diversity in disease risk observed in people across the world, including those in Asia, Africa and North and South America.
“This collaborative study involving scientists with varied expertise provides a unique opportunity to understand gene-gene and gene-environment interaction and their role in intermediate traits associated with NCDs or the disease itself,” explained co-principal researcher, senior scientist and Sir J.C. Bose Fellow Giriraj R. Chandak, in an official release on Thursday.
