{"id":28723,"date":"2024-12-14T12:52:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T07:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28723"},"modified":"2025-04-08T21:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:07:20","slug":"dharini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dharini\/","title":{"rendered":"Dharini"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Dharini:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is now the largest <strong>publicly accessible digital dataset of the human foetal brain<\/strong> and is freely available to researchers worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>The dataset provides <strong>detailed insights into brain development<\/strong> from the second trimester of a foetus and researchers have identified over 500 brain regions, making it a complete atlas of the human brain.<\/li>\n<li>It is created with less than one-tenth of the initial funds that powered <strong>the Allen Brain Atlas,<\/strong> and with a technology platform that was entirely custom made in India.<\/li>\n<li>The dataset offers key applications, including advancements in fetal imaging technology for early diagnosis and treatment of developmental disorders.<\/li>\n<li>It also serves as an invaluable resource for researchers aiming to understand <strong>neuro developmental processes and conditions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The project was supported by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and private entities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It could offer new insights into neonatal brain health and help improve early <strong>diagnosis and treatment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The dataset is available to all researchers and can help in the development of treatments for <strong>brain-related health conditions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is a fetus?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the unborn young of any vertebrate animal, particularly of a mammal, after it has attained the basic form and structure typical of its kind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/chennai\/iit-madras-releases-highly-detailed-3d-images-of-foetal-brain\/article68969956.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IIT-Madras releases highly detailed 3D images of foetal brain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dharini brain atlas  is now the largest publicly accessible digital dataset of the human foetal brain and is freely available to researchers worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}