Ministry of Tribal Affairs, CSIR and IGIB Organized Workshop on "BIRSA 101" - India's First Indigenous CRISPR-Based Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

India, May 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in collaboration with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), organized a workshop on "BIRSA 101", India's first indigenous CRISPR-based gene therapy for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), at CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi on 14th May 2026 under the ongoing celebrations of Janjatiya Garima Utsav 2026.

Janjatiya Garima Utsav is a month-long celebration of the Journey of Viksit Bharat inspired by the vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The first week of the Utsav is dedicated to "Technology as a Development Driver", highlighting innovation-led transformation and technol...