Tata Medical says OmiSure RT-PCR test upgraded to detect BA.2 sub-lineages of OmicronIn an evaluation carried out by ICMR and the Virus Research & Diagnostics Laboratory, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, th...
08 Feb, 2022, 08.09 PM IST
Low-cost smartphone based test can accurately detect COVID-19 in 20 minutesThe Harmony COVID-19 test developed by researchers at the University of Washington in the US detects genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 v...
25 Jan, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
Home testing kits may give false negative reports even after having COVID symptoms: ExpertDr Harsh Mahajan further said when a patient is symptomatic, then, by and large, the RTPCR test comes positive if the sample is obtained pr...
22 Jan, 2022, 08.20 PM IST
Kriya Medical Tech gets ICMR approval for Krivida Novus COVID-19 testing kit"KRIVIDA Novus is a one of its kind test that not only differentiates the variants but also detects the sub-lineages of Omicron. The kit is...
20 Jan, 2022, 12.26 PM IST
Odisha starts trial run of 'OmiSure' kits for detection of Omicron variantOfficial sources said the state has received 30,000 'OmiSure' kits in the first phase out of its order of 5 lakh such kits. He said the kit...
19 Jan, 2022, 02.13 PM IST
Stocking up on home-testing kits? Doctors believe the pricier RT-PCR test is a better optionThere has been a surge in demand for self-testing kits as Covid-19 cases rise across the nation.
15 Jan, 2022, 10.12 AM IST
Odisha's Omicron tally breaches 100 mark, 4829 COVID-19 casesOdisha director of public health, Niranjan Mishra said of the 28 new cases, 18 have history of international travel, two are from outside t...
10 Jan, 2022, 08.13 PM IST
"A hurricane:" Virus storm sends test-makers into overdriveAt NG Biotech, production lines are humming, spitting out freshly packaged tests every second or so. The French start-up is recruiting more...
07 Jan, 2022, 06.20 PM IST
Test kit for Omicron to be in stores from January 12Omisure, developed by Tata Medical and Diagnostic Centre, will be priced at Rs 250. It detects the Omicron variant by combining S-gene targ...
07 Jan, 2022, 07.53 AM IST
Tata Medical and Diagnostics develops kit to detect Omicron variant in RT-PCR testsThe test kit is compatible with all standard Real-Time PCR Machines. The first target is based on S-gene dropout or S-gene target failure (...
05 Jan, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
Omicron sibling can't be detected by imported RT-PCR kits: ExpertsThe elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S gene drop, resea...
03 Jan, 2022, 04.22 PM IST
Get cracking on genome sequencingGenome sequencing is critical for identifying existing and new variants. It serves as an early warning system, allowing for therapies and v...
30 Dec, 2021, 11.28 PM IST
Tata Medical develops fast-testing solution for COVID-19Last year in November, the company had launched its COVID testing kit, 'TataMD CHECK', developed in partnership with CSIR-IGIB (Council of ...
22 Dec, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
ICMR's Regional Medical Research Centre develops test kit to detect Omicron casesThe development has come at a time when the Omicron variant is making its presence felt in various states, with at least 38 cases being det...
13 Dec, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Omicron variant to be detected in 20 minutes by molecular diagnosis testPOSTECH announced on the 10th that a research team led by Professor Lee Jung-wook of the Department of Chemical Engineering has developed m...
13 Dec, 2021, 07.41 AM IST
ICMR designs kit to detect new COVID-19 variant Omicron in 2 hoursThe development has come at a time when the Omicron variant is making its presence felt in various states, with at least 33 cases being det...
12 Dec, 2021, 09.09 AM IST
China says it is ready for Omicron with tests, zero-Covid strategyChina on Tuesday said it is ready to tackle the newly-detected Omicron coronavirus variant, and it is confident that the country's zero-Cov...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.19 PM IST