The detectives tracing covidAn indigenously developed testing kit for coronavirus disease based on the gene-editing technology CRISPR—called Feluda—was launched in Delhi on Thursday by the Tata group.
This is a paper-strip kit and is likely to be cheaper than current and popular RT-PCR test. It is believed to be equally accurate with a sensitivity of 96% and specificity of 98%, meaning it can accurately detect both positive and negative cases.
It was approved for use by the Indian Council of Medical Research in September. In USA too, a similar CRISPR based covid test has been approved by the USFDA, called Sherlock, named again after a famous fictional detective.