AIIMS Bhubaneswar to get its first brain bank (LOCAL)

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A brain bio-bank will soon be established at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar to aid neurobiology research. The ICMR will fund the establishment of this one-of-a-kind facility in eastern India. The brain bank will be the second state-of-the-art facility as part of the national task force initiative, following the advanced molecular and diagnostic center for fungus, which is being established at the Microbiology department's mycology laboratory.


    A brain bank is a place where human brain tissues are stored. The facility will be located at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and the brains will be available for research purposes.


    AIIMS Director Dr. Gitanjali Batmanabane said the institute has received Rs 47 lakh from ICMR in the first phase to establish the brain bank. The assistance may be enhanced further as per requirement. "This will be the first such facility in the eastern region of the country and boost neuroscience research," she said.


Chemical preserved human brain 

    Fresh human tissue will be collected and preserved for researchers, particularly in the field of neurosciences, at the satellite brain bank. Brain donors without neuropsychiatric disorders but with a history of neurological diseases or post-accident trauma would be preferred.


    With the number of people suffering from brain disorders increasing in the country, study into degenerative and mental diseases, neurobiology, and neuro infection will help doctors diagnose and treat patients more effectively.


    "Brain tissues are the key to research on various neurological diseases because techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging scan the brains of living people and they can not peer into nerve cells. The endeavor will be crucial for the betterment of patient care in the future," said a neurologist.


    Associate Professor of the Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine Dr. Suvendu Purkait has been selected as chief coordinator for the project. "The facility will ultimately help us to know about the pathobiology of different neurological diseases leading to the diagnosis, prognostication, modification, and development of novel therapeutic strategies," Dr. Batmanabane added.


    The ICMR would invest Rs 2.5 crore in the advanced center on fungi, which will offer services such as molecular identification of invasive fungal infections, antifungal susceptibility and detection, and fungal outbreak control.


    The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru was the first in the country to establish a brain bank, and the one in Bhubaneswar would be built in conjunction with NIMHANS. The NIMHANS-Bengaluru Neurobiology Research Centre was the first in the country to develop a brain bank, and the one in Bhubaneswar would be established in conjunction with NIMHANS. 


    The first Human Brain Tissue Repository (HBTR) in India had its origin in 1985 following the “Brain Storming session in Neurobiology” held at NIMHANS.


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