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Make in India: PT Usha calls on govt. to promote manufacturing of anti-doping kits in IndiaIn a bid to bolster India's sporting integrity, P T Usha, President of the IOA, has advocated for the local production of anti-doping kits....
National Institute of Virology develops portable 'point-of-care' test kit for detecting Nipah virusIndia can now swiftly detect the Nipah virus with a newly developed portable test kit by the National Institute of Virology (NIV). This poi...
ICMR permits Kerala to conduct Truenat portable tests in boost for state's Nipah containment responseWith Truenat available locally, only samples that test positive for Nipah need be sent to Thiruvananthapuram, Thonnakkal, or Kozhikode labs...
Cepheid opens manufacturing site in Bengaluru to make TB testing cartridgesThe Cepheid manufacturing project was initiated in 2018 to support the Indian market. The local manufacturing of components will make Cephe...
Chinese scientists say new highly accurate virus test gives results within minutesPolymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are widely considered the most accurate and sensitive for the virus that causes Covid-19, but they us...
Mylab, Hemex Health partner to develop diagnostic solutions for Point-of-Care testingUnder the technology partnership, Mylab will develop test assays and Hemex will provide its Gazelle POC testing platform and expertise, the...
Accenture pledges $25 million for Covid-19 relief in IndiaThe fresh pledge includes efforts such as providing ventilators, oxygen concentrators and medical kits.
Study finds new testing method that can diagnose coronavirus in just 30 minutesThe test is as accurate as the current PCR diagnostic method.
ET Startup Awards 2020: Mylab stood the test of time during Covid-19 pandemicBeing the first to get approvals from regulators to produce test kits tipped the scales in their favour.
Centre allows COVID-19 pool testing, plasma therapy in MaharashtraPooling of samples involves testing them in batches and when pooled sample tests positive, then individual samples are assessed. Pool testi...
The 'phone booths' that are making Covid tests in India easier, quicker and saferIt is low-cost; each costs Rs 15,000-20,000. It is also portable — it can be mounted on a car and transported.
Pharma giant Abbott launches Covid test that delivers result in 5 minutesThe company said: "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the fastest available molec...
'New portable COVID-19 test can give results in 50 minutes'The new molecular test could be used to process 16 samples at a time -- or up to 384 samples if using a lab-based detection machine. The ki...
e-Zest and Neurosynaptic announce new solution for Covid-19 screeningThe solution features a Corona-Screen Kit – a portable, lightweight kit that includes basic screening tools that seamlessly connect and fee...
Huge mass graves photographed from space show the scale of Iran's coronavirus devastationIran is one of the worst-hit countries after China and Italy with more than 10,000 infected people and over 429 dead due to the new coronav...
Give priority to ‘Make in India’, HRD Minister Pokhriyal tells IIT Guwahati studentsPokhriyal said, “Through hard work we can achieve everything and appealed everyone to revitalise the nation. He said that we should give pr...
Inito launches portable ovulation test kitsThe device enables smartphones to perform lab-grade medical diagnostic tests at home using a single portable device.
First lab-in-a-briefcase to boost early detection of cancerDedicated to the measurement of cancer biomarkers, the concept is the brainchild of Dr Nuno Reis.
Startup Soothe Healthcare acquires ICMR's tech to develop low-cost health kitsAt the first stage, the company will bring out kits for diabetes and oncology, slated to be in the market in a year.
Bengaluru-based Molbio develops India's first swine flu diagnostic kitThe test also makes it possible to deliver results in an hour, much quicker than about six hours or more other tests usually take.