IIT-Hyderabad is going to carry out a study on ways in which aging is conceptualized within In-Vitro Fertilisation by researching on elderly couples conceiving and giving birth to children in north India with the help of IVF.
The project has been sanctioned funding of Rs 25 lakh under the Wellcome UK Small Projects Grant for 2018, the institute said in a statement.
Dr. Anindita Majumdar, Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, IIT Hyderabad, who will be leading the research, said, “The aim of the research is to contribute conceptually and through field data to ongoing, and future research on assisted conception, infertility, and reproduction in India.”
According to the statement, Wellcome UK is a global charitable organization that supports scientists and researchers take on big problems, fuel imaginations, and sparks debate.