CHENNAI: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) on Monday launched the country's first Single Cell Omics Translational (SCOT) research laboratory, established in partnership with Indian Railways Finance Corporation (IRFC). The facility has been set up with a CSR grant of Rs 10.83 crore sanctioned by IRFC.

Inaugurated at the Department of Medical Sciences and Technology (DMST), the advanced laboratory is designed to accelerate breakthroughs in early diagnostics, biomarker discovery, drug screening and personalised therapeutics.

The SCOT lab is equipped with next-generation instrumentation capable of decoding diseases at single-cell resolution—transforming research on cancer, cardiovascular disorders, infectious diseases, inflammatory and metabolic conditions, among others.

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