Equine Biotech develops indigenous COVID-19 test kit for RT-PCR diagnosis in 1.5 hours

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Equine Biotech develops indigenous COVID-19 test kit for RT-PCR diagnosis in 1.5 hours

New Delhi: Equine Biotech, a startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called “GlobalTM diagnostic kit” for accurate and affordable diagnosis of COVID-19, said Indian Institute of Science. It has been approved for use in authorised COVID-19 diagnostic labs by the Indian Council of Medical Research […]

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September 26, 2020 17:49 IST
Equine Biotech develops indigenous COVID-19 test kit for RT-PCR diagnosis in 1.5 hours
Equine Biotech develops indigenous COVID-19 test kit for RT-PCR diagnosis in 1.5 hours

New Delhi: Equine Biotech, a startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called “GlobalTM diagnostic kit” for accurate and affordable diagnosis of COVID-19, said Indian Institute of Science.

It has been approved for use in authorised COVID-19 diagnostic labs by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The test takes about 1.5 hours to confirm the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in patient samples, Indian Institute of Science informed.

ICMR Senior scientist Nivedita Gupta said, "The number of tests has increased, on an average, we are testing more than 2.6 lakh of samples per day. We hope to see a further rise by the use of the antigen test"

Utpal Tatu, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, IISc, and founder of Equine Biotech shed more light on the Equine Biotech startup and the indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic test kit for COVID-19.

“Our startup has been working on testing for coronavirus infections for many years, even before the COVID-19 pandemic started. This experience has helped us engineer the kit for COVID-19,” Tatu was quoted as saying in an IISc statement.

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