“At the first stage, the main result will be the creation of a database of 100,000 genome-wide sequences of Russians located on servers located in Russia,” he said.
He noted that for this purpose, a large-scale voluntary population study will be conducted in the country.
“We will start with our own employees, which will allow us to determine the reference genomes for different peoples of Russia,” Sechin said.
RT broadcasted the meeting.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the country has developed a diagnostic kit for the analysis of hereditary mutations in tumor suppressor genes.
At the meeting, Putin called for special attention in the issue of legal regulation of genomic research.
In June, it was reported that Putin had ordered the creation of a national genetic information database.