Indian Genetic Disease Database (IGDD)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Indian Genetic Disease Database or IGDD is the first patient based "genetic disease" database of India. It is being developed and maintained at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) a unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The first version of the database has been published online.It has been divided into 19 disease categories in the 1st version of the database.It includes : Blood Related Disorders, Bone and Joints Related Growth Disorders,Eye Disorders,Gastro-Intestinal Disorders,Hearing Disorders,Lysosomal Disorders,Multi-system Disorders,Muscle Related Disorders,Neurological Disorders, Pigmentary Disorders,Skin Related Disorders. India is a country with many communities where there is high load of genetic disorder. It is due to consanguineous marriage or marriages between close relatives practiced in the community. This database keeps track of mutations in the causal genes for that genetic diseases common in India. The database will be helpful to the Physicians, Geneticists and other professionals in India and abroad related to genetic disorders to retrieve and use the information for the benefit of mankind.