The battle against the COVID-19 is making all the researchers restless. Amid the fight with coronavirus, state-sponsored Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre completed a genome sequencing for the coronavirus. The scientists said that they have found three novel mutations.
The total of nine mutations has found during the sequencing. Out of which six were reported elsewhere in the world. But in the sequencing three are unique. This indicates that the virus is mutating fast. Mutation depends on multiple factors. Detail study on this is on, said Dr C G Joshi, director of GBRC.
Principal Health Secretary of Gujarat Jayanti Ravi said, “Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC) has done the work of sequencing the whole genome of the coronavirus that led to COVID-19. This will help track origin, drug targets, vaccine and association with virulence. I would like to congratulate all the scientists for this important step.”
Genome
According to Wikipedia-
In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism. It consists of DNA (or RNA in RNA viruses). The genome includes both the genes (the coding regions) and the noncoding DNA
Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC)
Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre has been recently established as an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat for tackling societal problems of state priority through cutting-edge Biotechnological intervention. The organization is well equipped with advanced research infrastructural facilities including dedicated Biobanking, microbial repository, cell culture, NGS Genomics facilities and Supercomputing Bioinformatics facilities with highly competent scientific manpower to carry out research activities in the frontier areas.
