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.
18 Jun, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
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, ...
04 Jun, 2020, 09.01 PM IST
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.
03 Jun, 2020, 03.44 PM IST
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.
15 May, 2020, 11.41 AM IST
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...
13 May, 2020, 05.13 PM IST
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.
13 May, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
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 ...
10 May, 2020, 09.24 PM IST
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...
08 May, 2020, 09.06 PM IST
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...
01 May, 2020, 10.31 AM IST
- 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...
05 Nov, 2017, 06.47 PM IST
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...
08 Jul, 2017, 07.21 PM IST
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...
21 Sep, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
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.
10 Sep, 2015, 08.02 PM IST
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.
08 Sep, 2015, 08.06 PM IST
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...
20 Sep, 2013, 05.18 PM IST
- 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...
18 Feb, 2012, 04.40 PM IST
- 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...
01 Oct, 2008, 10.25 AM IST