IICT and CCMB working to give you medication and diagnostics for potential rising viruses

CCMB Director Vinay Kumar Nandicoori and IICT Director D. Srinivas Reddy at a press convention held in Hyderabad on Wednesday (April 16, 2025)
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CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Know-how (IICT) and CSIR-Centre for Mobile and Molecular Biology (CCMB) are engaged on ‘Anti-Viral Mission’ to give you medication and diagnostics to cope with potential rising viruses within the close to future.

CCMB Director Vinay Kumar Nandicoori and IICT Director D. Srinivas Reddy at a press convention held in Hyderabad on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) stated that the scientific collaboration just isn’t solely to repurpose the present anti-viral medication but in addition to return out with new molecules which might result in higher therapeutics.

The highest scientists additionally defined that the joint analysis between each the premier labs had additionally helped in repurposing drug therapy for the sickle cell anaemia.

The Atal Incubation Centre (AIC)-CCMB can be concerned to find out mRNA vaccines expertise’s – developed indigenously by its researchers for a possible vaccine in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) – use in opposition to different infectious ailments like Tuberculosis (TB), Chikungunya and Japanese Encephalitis.

Science Hall in Hyderabad

Funding has been acquired for few different analysis tasks collectively being taken up by researchers from each the labs positioned adjoining to one another on the Tarnaka-Habsiguda street [in Hyderabad] which is proposed to be taken up as a ‘Science Hall’ with the assistance of Hyderabad Metro Rail, they added.