Bengaluru: A team of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers has reported a new technique for detection of viruses that could help overcome the limitations and challenges of real-time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). RT-PCR is the standard test used to detect viruses such as Ebola and SARS-CoV-2. A throat swab or a blood sample … Read more
Even as India’s Covid-19 public immunisation drive crossed a milestone with over half the population getting at least one dose of the vaccine, the Centre has made RT-PCR test mandatory for passengers travelling to India from seven more countries, including China and South Africa. Amid reports of new SARS-CoV-2 virus strains emerging, the ministry of … Read more
The recent pandemic has probably opened up awareness of tests using RT-PCR technology as well as expanded the availability and capacity across the country. COVID-19 pandemic has altered the functioning and revenues of the diagnostic industry for few months where RT PCR testing has taken larger share to serve the masses. The sector has played … Read more
A man gives swab sample for COVID-19 test at RML hospital in Lucknow. (PTI Photo) At a time when experts across India are trying to find ways to chalk up a robust plan to battle the inevitable third wave of the novel coronavirus, a newly approved technique can transform the way people are tested for … Read more
Mylab’s solution will free up labs to test the more urgent and serious cases and avoid the load on these labs. There has been a sharp increase in demand for on-site testing for Covid-19 at workplaces ever since the second wave began in March 2021. Around 112 companies in and around Pune have approached Mylab … Read more
More than a year into the pandemic, as cases continue to swell and shrink in waves, people have begun to pin their hopes on a vaccine. By Dr. Daya Krishan Mangal The last twelve months have been tumultuous. From detection of the first case of COVID-19 in Wuhan city, China to its spread like wildfire; … Read more