CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Minister of Science and Technology has virtually inaugurated the 2nd TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas) 2020 Conference in New Delhi. The Conference brings together scientists and clinicians from across the globe to build Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) was a joint effort of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which are both part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ICGA is a long-term collaborative effort between cancer scientists, basic researchers, onco-clinicians, data scientists, and technology providers to facilitate precision medicine and improve translational cancer research in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -This joint effort between NCI and the National Human Genome Research Institute began in 2006, bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines and multiple institutions. Over the next dozen years, TCGA generated over 2.5 petabytes of genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) has helped establish the importance of cancer genomics, transformed our understanding of cancer, and even begun to change how the disease is treated in the clinic. The impact goes even further, reaching health and science technologies, computational biology, and other research fields.