Indian researchers develop fast and cheap test for COVID-19
Indian researchers develop fast and cheap test for COVID-19
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Amid a nationwide lockdown, a Kerala research institute has developed a new, faster and cheaper diagnostic test for COVID-19 which could be a major success. According to the report, the Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram under the Department of Science and Technology has developed a new diagnostic test kit called Chitra Gene LAMP-N for diagnosis of COVID-19. This will detect the N-gene of the virus which uses reverse trap loop-mediated amplification of the viral nucleic acid or RT-Loret technique.

For your information, let us tell you that this new kit is considered one of the first confirmatory diagnostic tests for the N-gene of COVID-19 virus using RT-LAMP technology in the world. Another great advantage of the new test kit is that it is very fast. According to the institute, it is able to detect it in 10 minutes and the result will be revealed in less than two hours.

At least 30 samples can be tested in a single batch in a machine. The institute has also developed gene LAMP-N test kits and specific RNA extraction kits with testing equipment. Another advantage is that it is much cheaper. That is, the cost of the equipment currently used to detect COVID-19 is around Rs. 15 to 45 lakhs, while the volume of new test equipment is only Rs. 2.5 lakhs and The test kit of the currently used PCR kit costs around Rs 2,500 per test, while the newly developed test kit costs only Rs 1,000 per test.

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