Asia’s first human DNA bank comes up in Lucknow

Lucknow: Be it a terrorist attack, mass tragedy or police verification, this bank can be of great use for security agencies and doctors. Combining biometric, anthropology and information technology together, Asia’s first human DNA bank has been set up in Lucknow. The unique bank stores all information of a person, collected from four drops of blood in a SIM card, which is transferred to a smart card to be read through special readers. “The information will be stored for 50 years,” chief executive officer, biotech park, P K Seth said.

“This is Asia’s first and world’s second bank having DNA identification system (DIS) and has been established in the biotech park under the public private partnership with IQRA Biotech Services,’’ Seth said, adding that the FBI is so far the only agency that could boast of a DNA bank. AGENCIES