BLDE University Bijapur
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- Co - Education
- ESTD 2008
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Value Added Programme in Ayurgenomics
Value Added Programme in Ayurgenomics
Course
A Genome in the field of molecular biology is the genetic material of an organism. It contains all the information that a cell needs to develop, function and reproduce. It also has all the information needed for those cells to come together to form a person, plant or an animal. The study of genomes is called as Genomics. The integration of Ayurveda and Genomics in a systematic manner termed as “Ayurgenomics” could help to create revolution in the field of preventive medicine and personalized medicine.
In Ayurveda texts, though the principles of phenotypes in health and disease states are extremely well described, they are not readily decipherable and hence its potential has not been appreciated by modern genomic researchers. According to Ayurveda individual’s basic constitution (Prakriti) describes its predisposition and prognosis to disease status and also the treatment for disease and lifestyle regime. In Genomics, individual’s basic constitution is decided by its genetic makeup which indirectly reflects the levels of various biochemical parameters in individual which states its Health status. We aimed at establishment of high correlation of Prakriti with genomic signatures by isolating DNA, RNA and Plasma from the blood sample. It is anticipated that this approach of Ayurgenomics would allow development of surrogate methods for cost effective screening of predisposed individuals in the population. This would result in development of an integrative approach to systems biology for disease and health state.
Eligibility
Any degree holder in health science, health science professionals, teachers, P.G. Scholars, Interns of BLDE (DU) and BLDE Association are eligible for the admission.
Duration
The duration of the course will be for Two weeks (30 hours) - Monday to Friday three hours per day.
