Give priority to ethics while applying scientific advances’

Give priority to ethics while applying scientific advances’

Mangalore Today News Network

Manipal, Nov 20, 2015 : According to a media release from Manipal University on Nov 19,  Dr. Bhat was quoted as saying in his inaugural address that the application of scientific advances had to be practised, giving priority to ethics. “It is the responsibility of such Centres of Excellence to impart the quality of ethics into all practices involving human eggs and embryos,” he said.

The Department of Clinical Embryology, Kasturba Medical College (KMC), the first provider of a certified and well-structured Master’s programme in Clinical Embryology in Asia, has been recognised as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Clinical Embryology by Merck, a private company.

After signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Srinivas Madabusi, Director, Merck India, said that Merck, a company in healthcare and research sectors, had taken the first step towards contributing to the enhancement of soft skills involved in embryology through this centre. This was one of the first accredited training programmes in clinical embryology for practicing embryologists, he said.  Poornima Baliga, Dean of KMC, said that the MoU signed by two pioneers in the field would provide IVF professionals access to the state-of-the-art infrastructure, housed at the Department of Clinical Embryology. “The department is at an advantage as it runs alongside the IVF service provider Manipal Assisted Reproduction Centre (MARC), thus giving exposure to IVF lab set up as well as exclusive training lab,” she said.