CCMB study finds “the genetic variants responsible for Covid-19 severity among Europeans may not play a role in Covid-19 susceptibility among South Asians”
The consortium led by CCMB includes NCBS-TIFR, InStem-DBT and NIMHANS in Bengaluru, CSIR-IGIB in New Delhi, Pune Knowledge Cluster, IISER-Pune and CSIR-NCL in Pune
The newly appointed CCMB Director pursued his education and research training at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Texas A&M University and University of Virginia, USA.
At present, all the Covid-19 vaccines that are under development across the globe are still candidates with a lot of promise but they have not become products yet, he pointed out.
