INDIA'S FIRST INDIGENOUS GENE BASED THERAPY FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE LAUNCHED

* ON THE OCCASIONS OF 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF FREEDOM FIGHTER BIRSA MUNDA 

* UNION MINISTER DR JITENDRA SINGH HAS LAUNCHED THE INDIA'S FIRST INDIGENOUS CRISPR GENE THERAPY FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE. 

At CSIR - INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS & INTEGRATED BIOLOGY GIB, NEW DELHI. 

* THE THERAPY NAMED BIRSA 101 

* TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM FIGHTER BIRSA MUNDA 

* CRISPR - CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS 

* IT IS A TECHNOLOGY FOR EDITING GENOMES, DERIVED FROM A NATURAL DEFENCE SYSTEM IN BACTERIA.

* CRISPR - Cas9 Uses A Guide RNA TO Direct a Cas9 Enzyme To a Specific Location in DNA,