Akhand Pratap Singh/Kanpur: IIT Kanpur has achieved another success. IIT Kanpur has discovered a special receptor that spreads bacteria in the body. This discovery will be of great help in the treatment of infectious diseases. Because IIT Kanpur has discovered all the information about the structure of the receptor.
This is the receptor discovered
Professor Arun Kumar Shukla, a scientist at the Department of Bio Science and Bio Engineering at IIT Kanpur, and his team have discovered this special receptor. The structure of a cell receptor in the human body has been discovered, named Duffy antigen receptor. This special receptor protein acts as a gateway in the cell, which also spreads bacteria of many infections, including malaria parasites, Plasmodium vivax and dangerous factors like bacteria, staphylococcus, and Yash. This receptor is found on the surface of red blood cells and other cells.
Published in international journal
This research of IIT Kanpur has been published in the renowned scientific journal Cell of the country and the world. Not only this, after the discovery of this receptor, it will also be of great help in the medicines made for the treatment of many serious infectious diseases.
The professor who did the research told
Professor Arun Shukla, who conducted this research, said that after the discovery of this receptor, it will also help in the treatment of serious and dangerous infectious diseases like cancer and HIV. This will help in making effective medicines for them. Many researchers around the world have been trying to discover the secret of the Duffy antigen receptor for many years, because this receptor helps bacteria and parasites to attack our cells and cause disease.
At the same time, research done by IIT Kanpur has revealed that how germs take advantage of this to infect cells has been discovered, due to which such effective medicines can now be made which can prevent this from happening.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 2, 2024, 13:36 IST