On Thursday, Vedanta’s BALCO Medical Centre (BMC), one of India’s leading cancer hospitals, announced a strategic collaboration with Anuva, a genomics biotech company, to build a Cancer Genomics Biobank for cancer research in India. The companies aim to use this cancer bio/data bank to identify and develop precision medicine for cancer treatment in India.

Dr. Jyoti Agarwal, Chairperson of BALCO Medical Centre, stated that the collaboration with Anuva will bring together the best of knowledge, technology, and research to serve the people of India better through precision medicine and targeted treatment.

She continued by saying that this cancer-specific bio/data library will speed up research initiatives by fusing biological characteristics with known risk factors to identify the key genes that drive cancer progression. The resulting knowledge will improve the understanding of how genetic variants influence cancer, thereby increasing the effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment.

(Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/health/vedantas-medical-arm-ties-up-with-anuva-for-cancer-research-in-india-438735 )