Bangalore to have a new centre to study disabilities that arise from alterations in brain development

Updated on: Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and the Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) have come together to form a new centre in Bangalore to study disabilities that arise from alterations in brain development.

Brain disorders such as autism and dementia will be better researched with this international partnership. The centre will focus on the common psychiatric and neurological diseases that cause a major burden for patients in both India and the UK. It will also train the next generation of scientists who will take forward laboratory discoveries to the clinic.

In the longer term, the centre will train scientists to tackle major neurological disorders such as dementia, which can critically undermine quality of life and represents a growing and major public health threat in India.

“This centre is a milestone in UK-India bioscience partnering,” said Dr Shona Chattarji, Professor of Neurobiology at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore and the director of the new centre. “Autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities will be the initial focus of the Centre for Brain Development and Repair,” he adds.

Bangalore to have a new centre to study disabilities that arise from alterations in brain development

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