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The Nobel laureate is known for RNA transcription -for which he got the Nobel in 2006.The collaboration has come through at a time when dengue has become endemic to India. CHANDIGARH: One of the world's foremost biochemists, Nobel laureate Prof Roger Kornberg of Stanford University, will help an Indian research institute develop a thera peutic drug for dengue and tuberculosis. "It will probably take a month or two for me to arrange for material to be sent," he said.In fact, IMTECH only recently started work on developing a dengue drug. Prof Kornberg is one of the world' most eminent persons in terms of understanding RNA transcription and targeting RNA transcription in viral diseases has been successful in hepatitis C drug Sofosbuvir." On the other hand some 2.2 mil lion people develop TB in India every year.This resulted in the death of 227 people..