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Ebola vaccine update: Russia claims a breakthrough; Oxford researchers, Serum Institute of India aim to begin trial in 3 monthsA new Ebola vaccine developed by Russian scientists shows promise against the current outbreak strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
Lord’s Mark among few global players to win HIV self-test approval, exports from June 2026Lord's Mark Industries Ltd. has secured Central Licensing Authority approval for its LordsMed HIV 1&2 Self Test, becoming one of nine globa...
Amazon launches AI research tool to speed early-stage drug discoveryAmazon Web Services has launched Amazon Bio Discovery, an AI tool to accelerate drug discovery. Scientists can now generate and evaluate po...
How do antibodies fight the coronavirusHow do antibodies fight the coronavirus
Rapid antibody tests only for surveillance purpose: HCA division bench of Justices Ravi Deshpande and Amit Borkar asked the state government to take an appropriate decision on a plea filed by a...
Local players keen to fill the China void, manufacture testing kitsDomestic manufacturers of rapid antibody rapid test kits for novel coronavirus have approached the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR...
COVID-19 rapid antibody test kit use put on hold, ICMR to check accuracy: Official sourceUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the results of the test kits vary from place to place and "it can't be relied upon".
Tharoor slams govt over 'faulty' rapid test kits, calls for indigenous productionIndia's apex medical research body ICMR on Tuesday advised states to stop using the rapid antibody test kits till it examines their quality...
Covid-19 crisis: States go slow on antibody testsThe ICMR said rapid antibody tests cannot replace frontline tests. Such tests are only supplementary tools to assess the prevalence of the ...
Three lakh more Rapid Antibody Test kits sent to India from China: EnvoyAbout three lakh Rapid Antibody Test kits were airlifted to Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu from the Chinese city of Guangzhou, Indian Ambassador ...
Covid-19 fight: After rush for antibody kits come concernsWith reports that the rapid antibody tests may miss infections and can falsely produce negative results in infected patients, ICMR is study...
On global search for supplies, India gets 6.5L kits from ChinaOver two million test kits being procured from China will be sent to India in the next 15 days, Indian Ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri t...
Antibody test kits: After China issues, govt taps 3 nationsIndia has reached out to South Korea, Singapore and Switzerland to procure antibody rapid test kits due to a delay in supply from China ove...
The Rapid Antibody tests: How are they different?The Rapid Antibody tests: How are they different?
ICMR DG asks health secy to disseminate advisory on rapid antibody testsThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday issued the advisory to start rapid antibody based blood tests for COVID-19 in are...
ICMR issues advisory for rapid antibody-based blood tests for COVID-19India will now start rapid antibody based blood tests in clusters or evacuee centres.
30 per cent of India's total cases are linked to Nizamuddin cluster: Lav AgarwalAntibody positives to be confirmed by RT-PCR (reverse transcription-PCR) using throat/nasal swab, and antibody negatives to be quarantined ...
New testing strategy? Rapid antibody tests in hotspotsThe effort is to contain hotspots that can become centres of transmission of the disease.
ICMR approves antibody tests in hotspotsICMR said in an interim advisory that antibody tests can be carried out in hotspots – zones suspected to have widespread prevalence of the ...
COVID-19: Firms shortlisted for rapid antibody testing kitsSingapore-based Sensing Self Ltd and China’s Wondfo are the only companies that have cleared the National Institute of Virology (NIV)’s val...