city New Delhi India city Hyderabad hospital covid-19 death testing city New Delhi India city Hyderabad

Researchers at IIT-Hyderabad develop low-cost test kit that can detect Covid-19

Reading now: 806
www.livemint.com

₹550 and it can be reduced to up to ₹350 when taken to mass production, the researchers said New Delhi: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad claims to have developed a first-of-its kind COVID-19 test kit that can deliver results within 20 minutes.The researchers claimed that the alternative test method is not based on the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) -- the method currently being used for COVID-19 testing.The test kit has been developed at a cost of ₹550 and it can be reduced to up to ₹350 when taken to mass production, they said.While a patent has been filed for the test kit, the team has conducted clinical trials at ESIC Medical College and Hospital in Hyderabad and.

Read more on livemint.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA