A team led by an Indian-born scientist has developed a rapid and ultra-sensitive test for Covid-19 using a paper electrochemical sensor that can detect the presence of the new coronavirus in less than five minutes. Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US created a graphene-based electrochemical biosensor with …
Read More »New smartphone-based Covid-19 test gives results in less than 30 minutes
WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed novel technology for a CRISPR-based Covid-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in less than 30 minutes. According to research published in the journal Cell, the new diagnostic test can not only generate a positive or negative result, it also measures …
Read More »In the Covid-19 Vaccine Race, the Hungarian Village Company Takes a Global Role
SZIRAK: In an unassuming house in the hills east of the Hungarian capital, a small family business is helping grease the wheels of the world’s big pharmaceutical companies on the road to a coronavirus vaccine. Biologist Noemi Lukacs, 71, retired to Szirak, her hometown, to establish English & Scientific Consulting …
Read More »Only 3 lakh RNA extraction kits left, testing may be affected
[ad_1] Written by Abantika Ghosh The | New Delhi | Updated: April 26, 2020 7:42:44 am RNA extraction kits are required to prepare samples for the RT-PCR test: one kit per test. (Express photo by Prashant Nadkar / Representative image) While the Center plans to scale the COVID-19 tests to …
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