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Unique database of worms to help combat disease in NE
Nagaland Post | IANS | Kolkata, Aug 8 (
A unique database of parasitic worms could become the key to helping doctors identify and diagnose food-borne infections in North East, besides aiding in drug formulation, its designers say. Rather cumbersomely called the Northeast Helminth Parasite Information Database, or NEIHPID, it has exhaustive information on worm parasites of the northeast that are also widely found in South and Southeast Asia, regions with similar dietary habits.
Developed at the Bioinformatics Centre of the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Shillong, the Meghalaya capital, the project is headed by veteran parasitologist Veena Tandon, who was earlier with NEHU and is currently associated with Biotech Park, Lucknow.
The database uses bioinformatics -- application of computer technology to the management of biological information -- tools to list neglected helminthic infections. It also provides genetic sequence data in addition to geographically specific information on the parasites from each of the eight northeast Indian states.
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