Harsh Vardhan launches mobile laboratory for coronavirus testingThe mobile lab, also called I-Lab or Infectious Diseases Diagnostics Lab, can run 50 RT-PCR and about 200 ELISA tests in a day.
ICMR comes out with list of antibody detection kits to be used for sero-surveysThe apex health research body has so far approved three batches of 'COVID Kavach ELISA IgG kits' developed by Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd, ...
Syngene International soars 5% on Covid-19 test kit deal with HiMediaThe kit has the capacity to test samples together in a single run and generate results within 3 hours.
Modi's Covid fight has a make in India problemThe cap on tenders for procurements of up to Rs 200 crore has rattled medical device firms.
Government 'diluting' COVID-19 testing guidelines: CongressAccording to Union health ministry's revised discharge guidelines for people infected with coronavirus, very mild, mild and pre-symptomatic...
Elisa tests back in favour to detect antibodies for Covid-19, some local companies await callThese tests have become a face-saver for many governments across the world.
National Institute of Virology develops 1st indigenous antibody detection kit for COVID: Harsh Vardhan"National Institute of Virology, Pune, has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody ...
ICMR to study prevalence of asymptomatic COVID-19 infected people to check for community spreadThe study can help ascertain whether there has been community transmission of the respiratory disease in those areas or not, official sourc...
Syngene International to seek nod for Elisa kits for antibody testThe enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) test measures immunoglobulin levels and is useful in testing asymptomatic and convalescent pa...
- IIEST Shibpur to set up cell for reliable dengue detection, research
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) Prompted by the recent largescale episode of dengue in West Bengal and across the country, the Indian Institute of En...
Maharashtra police to get `beef detection kits' soonThe development comes amid the state's BJP govt. enacting Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act which bans the slaughter of bulls...
Delhi HC seeks details of funds released for dengue control in DelhiThe HC sought response of government on a PIL seeking direction to immediately release funds allocated for malaria and dengue control progr...
Delhi government to ban rapid diagnostic dengue test kit for being "non-reliable"The decision was taken at a review meeting on dengue held yesterday, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain.
Centre mulls banning rapid dengue diagnostic kitsThe central government is considering a ban on the sale of rapid dengue diagnostic test kits for their "non-reliable" test results.
Dengue cases near 1000 mark, five deaths so farFive dengue deaths have been reported so far in the national capital even as the total number of cases shot up alarmingly to near 1,000 mar...
- Budget 2012: Exempt duty for antigens/antibodies used in diagnostic kits, says FICCI
The import of raw materials such as antigens/antibodies or any other ingredient corresponding to the manufacture of diagnostic test kits sp...
- Now, cancer diagnosis in 15 minutes
Diagnosis of life-threatening diseases such as cancer may become a matter of minutes as scientists have developed a new bio-sensor technolo...