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Covid-19: IIT Mandi researchers reveal structure of a key protein in virus

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NEW DELHI : Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi (IIT Mandi) in Himachal Pradesh have revealed the part of structure of a key protein in Covid-19 virus, which helps in understanding its mode of action, its role in the spread and severity of the disease and development of antiviral therapeutics.The findings have been published in the journal, ‘Current Research in Virological Science’.According to the team, current Covid-19 treatments simply manage symptoms while the body fights off the infection with its immune defence system.

There are, as yet, no confirmed antiviral drugs that can stop the virus from replicating.“One route to neutralising any virus is to attack its proteins.

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