TNPSC Thervupettagam

Corona virus - in vitro Testing

May 10 , 2020 1653 days 953 0
  • In India, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad is the only centre to pool samples of COVID-19 in the country. 
  • Pooling of samples is the process of collecting the virus samples.
  • The CCMB in Hyderabad has collaborated with Eyestem Research Private Limited, a Bengaluru based company.
  • It is for an attempt to grow novel coronavirus in human cells that will enable vitro testing of potential vaccines or drugs for the virus.
  • The team will use Eyestem’s human lung epithelial cell culture system 
  • It will help in understanding the pathological and molecular characteristics of COVID-19.
  • The test which will be performed in vitro (in glass) means that it will be done outside the living organism which will involve isolated tissues, cells, or organs.

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