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  • Apr 24, 2023
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Garbh-Ini Programme

News: 19 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), often known as genetic markers, have been discovered by Indian researchers working on the Garbh-Ini initiative to be linked to preterm or premature delivery.

The Garbh-Ini programme develops preterm birth prediction technologies and enhances maternal and child health.

A cohort study of expecting mothers called Garbh-Ini was started in May 2015 at the public hospital in Gurugram, Haryana, India.

It is a joint interdisciplinary programme run by the Department of Biotechnology of the Union Ministry of Science and Technology.

The Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), NCR Biotech cluster, Faridabad, is in charge of this programme.

It is a component of the UNaTI (Undertaking Nationally Relevant Technology Innovation) programme of the Atal Jai Anusandhan Biotech Mission.

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP):

It is the most common type of genetic variation among people.

Each SNP represents a difference in a single DNA building block, called a nucleotide.

For example, an SNP may replace the nucleotide cytosine (C) with the nucleotide thymine (T) in a certain stretch of DNA.

Most commonly these are found in the DNA between genes.