A new human atlas initiative named ‘manav’ launched for holistic understanding of human biology

• A new human atlas initiative has been launched to create a unified database of molecular network of all the tissues in the human body and to derive a holistic picture of working of the human body.
• The project named Manav has been launched by the Department of Biotechnology and Persistent Systems, a biotechnology company.

Department of Biotechnology

• The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India.
• It was set up in 1986.
• Through several research and development projects, demonstrations, grants and creation of infrastructural facilities a clear visible impact of this field has been seen.

DBT has invested Rs. 13 crore shared between two institutions in Pune – National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) and Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Pune. Besides, Persistent Systems Limited has co-funded the project contributed Rs 7 crore.

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