- The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai has developed a Vaccine Candidate against SARS-CoV-2 through 'Reverse Vaccinology'. Prior to this, the reverse vaccinology has been used for developing vaccinations for meningococcal and staphylococcal infections.
- The department of immunology along with senior professors has identified a synthetic polypeptide that prevents the virus from entering the human cell or reproduces within cells.
- Synthetic polypeptides are important polymers in protein science that consist of a repeating sequence of certain amino acids or substances that make a protein.
- Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University,
The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University (TNMGRMU) is a government medical university which was established in 1987, named after the 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) and is the second-largest health sciences university in India.
Vice-Chancellor - Dr. Sudha Seshayyan, M.S.
Published On : 25 Apr 2020
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