One more CSIR institute, IMTech, starts whole-genome sequencing of coronavirus
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18th Apr, 2020
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- One more institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has started whole-genome sequencing of novel coronavirus.
- Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTech) has taken up the task of large-scale genome sequencing of the virus.
- The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and the Institute of Genomic and Integrated Biology are already working on this.
- The complete genome sequence information will enable researchers to gain insights about the virus origins, different strains circulating in India and how it has spread across the country.
- He said, the genomic resource obtained from this sequencing will also allow identification of new targets for diagnosis and drugs for COVID-19.
- The whole-genome sequencing is a method used to determine the complete DNA sequence of a specific organism’s genome. CSIR-IMTech will perform sequencing of the SARS-Cov-2 RNA genome isolated from clinical samples.
