| William J Rutter, co-founder and former chairman of Chiron Corporation, US, announced his plans for India on Saturday. Rutter, well-known for his contributions to biotechnology like development of recombinant DNA technology, genetic engineering and Hepatitis B vaccine, said he would soon be setting up a hitech rapid diagnostics centre at Bangalore.
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| Rutter, along with M S Swaminathan, was conferred Genomic Valley Excellence Award for outstanding contribution to the biotechnology industry. He said the centre to be christened Hemo Genomics would specialise in identifying genetic disorders.
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| A rapid immunological diagnostic system at the centre could make quantitative analysis in just a few minutes, he said. He, however, declined to disclose the proposed investments in the centre.
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| The centre would also sell diagnostic instruments and kits by the last quarter of the year, he said.
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| It may be recalled that Rutter’s firm commitment to the funding of research into the causative agent of non-A, non-B Hepatitis supported the discovery, sequencing and cloning of Hepatitis C virus in 1987, one of Chiron’s most enduring achievements.
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| To a query on the development of AIDS vaccine, Rutter said that the vaccine was currently going through phase-1 clinical trials in the US. |
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