- The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in partnership with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) has set up India's first diabetes biobank in Chennai.
- It is designed to collect, process, store and distribute biological samples to advance diabetes research.
- This biobank will study the cause of diabetes and its unique patterns in India.
- The biobank houses blood samples from two major ICMR-funded studies.
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