| Developers: | Rosneft Oil Company |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | January 2024 |
| Branches: | Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare |
2024: Base Creation
Rosneft has created the largest genome base in Russia. The press service of the company announced this on January 19, 2024.
The project was called "100,000 + I." Its goal, as noted in the press release, is to read the genomes of 100 thousand Russians for the development of diagnostics of genetically determined and socially significant diseases, the development of new approaches to their therapy and the creation of appropriate drugs.
According to Alexander Pashali, Director of the Department of Scientific and Technical Development and Innovation of Rosneft, the company acts as a technological partner of the federal scientific and technical program for the development of genetic technologies. Within its framework, the Center for Genome-Wide Sequencing was created under the guidance of Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Konstantin Severinov. Rosneft employees and their families volunteer for the initiative - 70% of the future base will be formed on the basis of their genomes, the remaining 30% will be collected by the project's medical partners, Pashali added. At the same time, the company's representation throughout Russia will allow collecting information about all ethnic groups and peoples of the country.
Unlike popular genetic tests for individual signs or diseases, within the framework of the project, the genome is sequenced completely. This will allow in the future to conduct various scientific studies of not yet studied areas, properties, patterns of the genome.
Alina Demkina, a researcher at the Center, a graduate of the Genomics and Human Health master's program created by Moscow State University together with the oil company, said that the genetic information database created as part of the project has already become the largest in the country.
By January 19, 2024, the center received about 34 thousand genetic samples, of which more than 25 thousand have already been processed. As a result, about 14 thousand people received their genetic portraits.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Rosneft presented the 100,000 + I initiative, within the framework of which the largest genomic database in Russia was created
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