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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) IIT Madras researchers develop database on Coronavirus Antibodies

(June-2023)

IIT Madras researchers develop database on Coronavirus Antibodies

Researchers from IIT Madras have developed an online open-source database called ‘Ab-CoV’ containing detailed information about all COVID-related antibodies identified devices, such as robots and machines, through thought control.
It is based on Micropatterned Epitaxial Graphene which are very conductive, easy to use and robust. The technology works through Brain–Machine Interfaces (BMIs) — hands-free and voice-command-free communication systems that allow an individual to operate external devices through brain waves. According to the researchers, this technology can issue at least nine commands in two seconds.
The researchers believe the technology will be of interest to the scientific community, industry and government, aerospace and healthcare — for example allowing people with disability to control a wheelchair or operate prosthetics.
The study has Image credit: pubs.acs.org been published in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
so far, including the source of each antibody, and the viral protein(s) and virus strains they recognise.
According to the researchers, “Ab-CoV has a wide range of search and display options through which users can directly search and download the processed data, based on the antibody’s name, viral protein epitope, neutralised viral strain, antibody, and nanobody. It also has the option to view structures of antibodies or viral proteins in a 3D model.”
The information compiled in this database will assist researchers in antibody engineering, analysing immune escape for known and future variants of SARSCoV-2, computational studies on neutralising antibodies, and relating structural features with binding affinity.