Indigenous mRNA vaccine technology developed in India to fight Covid19
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Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed its first indigenous mRNA (Messenger RNA) vaccine technology to fight against Covid19.
Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed its first indigenous mRNA (Messenger RNA) vaccine technology to fight against Covid19.
Among the vaccine technologies that are present, mRNA vaccine is the best choice. The basic working of vaccine is the training our immune system to identify disease-causing microorganisms so that it can be eliminated if it tries to penetrate the human body.
This knowledge of identifying the microorganism of concern is achieved through the mRNA vaccine technology.
The mRNA basically resides in the host cell and has the capability to give rise to the microbial protein or may be a part of it. This in turn trains the immune system to evade the real infection when the same microorganism tries to infect.
Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are leading the development of the mRNA vaccine technology.
It has now rolled out an announcement for the development of mRNA vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2. This technology is indigenous and lack any sort of contributions from anywhere else. The development of the vaccine was led by the team at the Atal Incubation Center-CCMB (AIC-CCMB).
Dr Rajesh Iyer, a scientist involved in the project said that “We observed robust immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein in mice, upon administration of two doses of the mRNA. The anti-Spike antibodies generated were found to be more than 90% efficient in preventing the human ACE2 receptor binding to the coronavirus.”