Molecular Biology Screening

Genetic causes of deafness though well established with an incidence of over 50% among the affected (Beighton&Reardon, 1992), it is not documented among the people of India. A basic knowledge about the hereditary deafness will help in developing prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling. At present there is no data on the nature and extend of these mutations in Indian population.

NISH had undertaken a project entitled "MOLECULAR GENETIC SCREENING AND CATALOGUING OF DEFECTIVE ALLELES CAUSING PROFOUND DEAFNESS IN INDIAN POPULATION"in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio-Technology

(RGCB) Trivandrum in order to generate baseline data about genetic mutations affecting hearing.

This project resulted in:-