CCMB, IICT collaborating on indigenous mRNA vaccine
The Hindu
Two mRNA vaccines — Moderna and Pfizer — are already in use across the world
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is working in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) among others for developing an indigenous mRNA vaccine.
“It is going to take a while with rigorous development and testing before it can be brought out in the form of an injectable vaccine,” says CCMB director Vinay Kumar Nandicoori. “This had been started by my predecessor Rakesh Mishra and we are continuing the process — doing analysis, testing out multiple steps in the last few months like making the RNA, and packaging into lipid particles etc,” he explains.
The director points out that although the mRNA vaccine-making is not novel because two mRNA vaccines — Moderna and Pfizer — are already in use across the world to tackle the COVID pandemic, it nevertheless requires a lot of work as the process has not been obtained from any company.
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