Current Status on Population Genome Catalogues in different Countries

Genomics has become indispensable for research in the last two decades. Completed and ongoing genome projects such as the UK Biobank, ICGC, TCGA and GenomeAsia100K have helped to understand several life-threatening diseases like cancer. Such initiatives from different countries have offered genomics-based diagnostics along with glues for therapies towards personalized healthcare. The Indian Agencies has started initiatives to catalogue the genome sequences of 20,000 individuals. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) along with other scientific agencies has plans to sequence 10,000 healthy individuals and 10,000 diseased individuals. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) also developed the "IndiGen" genome project where genome sequences for 1008 individuals are made available in Phase I. This will enable the development of a genome catalogue to introduce novel genomics-based clinical applications in future healthcare plan.