KMC Doctor awarded research grant

KMC Doctor awarded research grant

Mangalore Today News Network

Manipal, Jan 23, 2016: Dr. C. Ganesh Pai, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, has been awarded a research grant of Rs. 49.92 lakh for the project titled ‘Thiopurine therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases: optimising existing strategies’.

According media note from the hospital on Jan 22 Friday, the research is funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Inflammatory bowel diseases were a group of incurable chronic intestinal diseases that contribute to a lot of suffering.

Currently, available treatment options are only 50 per cent effective in patients suffering from these conditions. The project is expected to identify ways of improving the proportions of patients who benefit from currently available, affordable drugs belonging to the class of thiopurines and also decrease the adverse events from these drugs.