India develops first mRNA vaccine technology to fight Covid-19
India Today
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and the Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research have developed India’s first indigenous messenger RNA vaccine (mRNA) technology. It is among the best ones in the world which can be used to fight against Covid-19.
India’s first indigenous mRNA (Messenger RNA) vaccine technology to fight against Covid-19 has been developed by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR).
Among the leading vaccine technologies available today to fight Covid-19, mRNA vaccines are among the best.
The world witnessed the power of the first mRNA vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines work by training our immune system to identify disease-causing microorganisms and eliminate them quickly when they encounter them subsequently.
This is achieved with mRNA vaccine technology by introducing an mRNA of the micro-organism of concern.
This mRNA in the host cells gives rise to the microbial protein or a part of it, which trains the immune system to evade it when the real infection happens with the same live microorganism.
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is leading the development of mRNA vaccine technology in India.
It has now announced the development of a potential mRNA vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2.
