She said the ministry had prepared a time-bound programme and future research issues were being finalised. Dr Sharma said the focus of the research would be diseases such as tuberculosis. Other areas that the scientists will look at include bio-computing and analysis of date. The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, has just begun research work. Scientists are trying to understand more about human origins and the genetic links of Indians with the rest of the world.
Recent researches have led to sequencing the genes but large gaps in our knowledge exist.
Scientists today know where the genes are but still want to know what they do or how and why the proteins mutate. Such researches are being conducted across the world but scientists say work on the subject is cheaper in India.