A new BHARAT aims to create healthy ageing standards for the Indian population.

• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) launched a study called BHARAT to map the physiological, molecular, and environmental indicators driving ageing in the Indian population.
  • The study aims to understand the rules of healthy ageing in Indians, a concept that has been lacking since the discovery of ageing can be altered in 1935.
  • The study aims to bridge the gap between population-based biomarkers and diagnostic cut-offs for people in the Global South, leading to misdiagnosis and treatments that do not reflect how diseases progress or respond to therapeutics in different groups.
  • The study aims to build the Bharat Baseline, a reliable reference for what is normal in the Indian population.
  • The study will include genomic biomarkers, proteomic and metabolic indicators, and environmental and lifestyle factors.
  • The goal is to identify early warning signs of age-related changes, enabling better prediction, intervention, and potentially delaying the onset of disease.
  • The study will use artificial intelligence (AI) models to integrate and analyze layered data, enabling the simulation of the impact of interventions and augmenting existing datasets to improve signal detection.