Archive · 28 May 2025
IIT-BHU Develops Tool to Predict Drug-Resistant Viruses
Scientists at IIT-BHU in Varanasi have created a new tool to understand how viruses become resistant to medicines.
This tool uses computers to study viruses like the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.
It helps scientists predict how viruses might change and stop drugs from working.
The tool can also be used for other diseases, such as cancer and urinary tract infections.
It combines different computer methods to see how viruses evolve and identifies changes in viral proteins that make drugs less effective.
The scientists plan to share this tool with other scientists and doctors around the world.
This tool supports India's efforts to prepare for pandemics and fight against drug resistance.
IIT-BHU scientists developed a framework to understand how viruses evolve to resist drugs.
The framework uses computer-based methods, focusing on the coronavirus.
It helps identify viral mutations that reduce drug effectiveness.
The tool can be applied to diseases like cancer and urinary tract infections.
The framework will be made available to scientists and doctors worldwide.
- Who
- Scientists at IIT-BHU
- What
- Developed a computational framework.
- When
- Published recently
- Where
- Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
- Why
- To understand and predict how viruses become drug-resistant.
- Institution
- Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
- Focus
- Drug-resistant viruses
- Technology
- Integrated multiscale computational framework
- Application
- Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and other diseases
- Lead Researcher
- Aditya Kumar Padhi