Funding sources
The research work has been conducted under the “Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award” (BT/07/IYBA/2013-12) funded by Department of Biotechnology. The pregnancy cohort has been funded by the “Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (grant BT/PR9983/MED/97/194/2013)”, andfor some components of the biorepository, by the “Grand Challenges India–All Children Thriving Program, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council(grant BIRAC/GCI/0114/03/14-ACT)”.