NeuroSAFE – A Cruelty free non-animal Workstation product has been recently launched by Trans Cell Oncologics, a startup at the University of Hyderabad (UoH). The product was launched in the presence of Dr S Chandrasekhar, Secretary, DST, Government of India, Dr. Krishna Ella, CMD of Bharat Biotech, Prof. B J Rao, Vice-Chancellor, UoH, Prof. Appa Rao Podile, Former Vice-Chancellor, UoH and the other dignitaries, faculty and students.
Trans cell Oncologics is founded by Dr. Subhadra Dravida. Oncologics has been incubated at the Technology Business Incubator (TBI) since 2018. She and her team developed NeuroSAFE by combining Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology with Robotic Process Automation digital platform impregnated with AI and ML tools. NeuroSAFE is cruelty free non-animal Workstation product that can test predict Vaccine Neurovirulence risks in the production workflow. NeuroSAFE is developed as an alternative to cruel Monkey Neurovirulence Test.
Testing vaccine Neurovirulence is a WHO mandate and Trans cell in collaboration with Wipro is aspiring to add value to Indian Vaccine Industry producing COVID-19 vaccines, Polio, BCG, Mumps like vaccines that have history of safety risks in the vaccinated population through NeuroSAFE that can be seamlessly adopted in their workflow. NeuroSAFE is to protect Indian population to be vaccinated from debilitating Neurovirulence and support safe immunization programs.
About University of Hyderabad
The University of Hyderabad is an institute of post-graduate teaching and research. The school was established by an act of the Parliament of India in 1974 as a Central University. Over the years, it has emerged as a top ranking institute of higher education and research in India. The university also offers courses under distance learning programs. The university is a member of the ‘Association of Indian Universities’ (AIU), the ‘Association of Commonwealth Universities’ (ACU) and ‘International Council for Distance Education’. An Academic Staff College has been functioning on the university campus since 1988 under the UGC scheme for improving the standards of teaching in colleges and universities. The college organizes orientation and refresher courses for college and university teachers.
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