Government colleges to get Research Labs

BANGALORE:  In an endeavour to promote biomedical research in government colleges, the Department of Health Research has proposed to set up a multidisciplinary Central Research Lab (CRL) in various government colleges. This labs will enable the researchers carry out more research in their respective fields. One such CRL was proposed for Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), and now the institute is in the process of preparing a proposal for the health secretaries in both the State and the Union government.
DirectorcumDean of BMCRI, Dr O S Sidappa, said, "This research facility in BMCRI will be accessible to all the departments like department of biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, pathology, genetic, forensic."Head of the Department of Pharmacologym, BMCRI, Dr Jayanthi said that all the departments were waiting for this lab to get operational as there was no genetic lab in Bangalore where genetic counselling and patients with Down's syndrome could be studied.