Sapien has collected over 2.5 lakh disease samples from patients to set up a disease library
Sapien Biosciences, a joint venture between Apollo Hospitals and Saarum Innovations, has collected over 2.5 lakh disease samples from patients to set up a disease library .
Hyderabad: Sapien Biosciences, a joint venture between Apollo Hospitals and Saarum Innovations, has collected over 2.5 lakh disease samples from patients to set up a disease library or biobank to help researchers to better the current therapies and to create personalised medicine.
“Leftover tissues from surgery or diagnostic procedures, such as cancer tissue, blood or urine, are precious resource, and highly sought after worldwide by diagnostics, biotech and pharma companies to validate their drug candidates in target patient population samples, prior to launching clinical trials. Results from such studies can augment and sometimes even replace the need to test new drugs, biologicals, nutraceuticals or cosmetics in animal models,” said Ms Jugnu Jain, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Hyderabad-based Sapien Bioscience. Over a year, Sapien has collected around 2.5 lakh disease samples from patients.
India has a high disease burden and a large number of patients. “Yet there are very few collections of human disease specimens and data, appropriately termed biobanks, she said.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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