TN MGR MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INVENTED VACCINE AGAINST CORONA VIRUS

MGR UNIVERSITY- VICE CHANCELLOR 

The countries of the world are racing against time to develop a vaccine for the deadly COVID 19 pandemic that has devastated the globe by killing close to two hundred thousand people and infecting two and a half million. The DR. MGR University in Chennai Tamil Nadu is a step closer to a breakthrough as researchers have identified the protein that could resist the virus. 

University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Sudha Seshayan said that the team of the Department of Immunology (immunology) and senior professors have worked hard for the last three weeks. This team has detected synthesized polypeptides that prevent the virus from entering human cells. They reported that synthesized polypeptides are very important in protein science, which emit a series of certain amino acids from which the protein is produced. These components bind epitopes of viral genes. This means that these components become protective shield for the antigen (antigen) excreted in the body. At present, these facts are based on artificial experiments.

Reverse Vaccinology VC said that Dr. Tamanna of the Department of Immunity, Prof. Dr. C. Pushpakala and Dr. Srinivasan's team are working on reverse vaccination. The process of finding antigen starts with genome information and now we will start testing in laboratories. Lab testing will take a few more weeks. After that its study on animals and then clinical trial will start. Dr. Sudha Seshayan made it clear that we have passed the first phase of the long journey of commercial production of vaccines. It will take a year at least for the potential vaccine to be prepared.