Research in regenerative medicine
The Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to the Inter-Institutional Agreement between India and the US in the areas of regenerative medicine and 3D bioprinting, new technologies, exchange of scientific ideas/information and technologies, and joint use of scientific infrastructure.
The joint research projects, training programmes, conferences, seminars etc. under this Agreement will be open to all qualified scientists and technologists and will be supported on the basis of scientific merit and excellence.
It Scientific research and technology development in the areas of regenerative medicine and 3D bio-printing will have potential for generation of new Intellectual Property, processes, prototypes or products, said the Cabinet on 17 July 2019.
Both institutes anticipate the general academic exchange contemplated under the Agreement will lead to the development of specific projects, each of which may have academic, clinical and commercial implications.
Salient features:
The objective of the Agreement is to contribute towards the development of research and education of both the Institutions through academic collaboration.
The general areas of common interest where collaboration and exchange of knowledge are intended for both include:
(1) Exchange of faculty members and students for training, study and research especially in the areas on 3D Bioprinting;
(2) Execution of joint research projects; and
(3) Exchange of information and academic publications.
In line with the Government’s stress on stronger and long-term cooperation between India and the United States for mutual benefit in the areas of Science and Technology.
Meanwhile, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, an Institute of National Importance under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has entered into an Agreement on Academic Cooperation with the Wake Forest University Health Sciences on behalf of its Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), North Carolina.
The agreement was signed 13 December 2018. fiinews.com
