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Digital and Molecular Surveillance

April 21 , 2020 1554 days 880 0
  • The Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with King George Medical University to sequence the strains of COVID-19 virus samples obtained from different patients.
  • This is to be done under a “Digital and Molecular Surveillance”.
  • Molecular surveillance is currently being used in HIV drug testing, foodborne infections and TB.
  • The CDRI is working on repurposing of drugs to fight COVID-19. 
  • The repurposing of drugs is the fastest way to find solution to the virus rather than finding a new drug.
  • Repurposing of drugs is a new strategy that investigates the existing drugs for therapeutic purposes.

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