India, March 2 -- In a significant step towards building India's Next-Generation Genomics ecosystem, Bio Valley, 4baseCare and Define Bio (Biobank) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Center of Excellence (CoE) named BioSphere dedicated to Genomics and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) at Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), Vizag.

The CoE-BioSphere shall strengthen national genomic infrastructure by enabling early and accurate diagnostics, informed therapeutic decisions, and advanced personalised treatments. By generating large-scale datasets reflecting India's genetic diversity, along with the integration of relevant global genomic datasets, the CoE-BioSphere will support the development of diagnostics, risk pr...