Telangana-born Dr. Thirumala Devi discovers possible COVID-19 treatment
- IndiaGlitz, [Monday,November 23 2020]
Telangana-born researcher Dr. Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti is in the news for finding a way to prevent covid-induced deaths. The Indian-American has been a researcher at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee.
As per a PTI report, the woman has discovered that the hyperinflammatory immune response associated with coronavirus leads to tissue damage and multi-organ failure in mice by triggering inflammatory cell death pathways.
Reports say that she may have identified a possible treatment for the virus. Her research findings are going to help in prescribing specific drugs for infected people. I have never been this excited in my career, Dr. Thirumala Devi has been quoted as saying.