Molecular Virology Research Group
Molecular Virology research group is a part of Healthcare Biotechnology department of ASAB, NUST. The group is a specialized one, focusing on research on various aspects of Molecular Virology.
Virologists are responsible for diagnosing viral infections, understanding of host –viral interactions, Viral immune-pathogenesis and associated cancers, investigate the pharmacological response of viruses to antiviral drugs and the evolution of drug resistance , devise new strategies of viral diseases treatment and vaccine synthesis. Both RNA and DNA viruses have brought serious ailment to millions of individuals throughout the world. The major focus of our laboratory is to study diagnostic virology, host-viral interactions, viral pathogenesis, viral immunology, viral associated liver cancer, pathophysiology of purinergic receptors in viral infections. We are working on both RNA (hepatic viruses) and DNA (human papillomavirus) viruses.
Focus of the Laboratory:
- Viral and Cellular Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of human papillomaviruses induced Cancer and Liver cancer
- Understanding the genetic control of liver cancer.
- Unrevealing the mechanisms underlying the viral perturbed signaling pathways
Group Members:
