'The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and death,'' the Director-General of the World Health Organisation said. (Representational image) The ...

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has developed a simple and fast method of swab collection and processing for RT-PCR coronavirus test which could be used in rural and ...

The CSIR said the method is well-suited for rural and tribal areas, given minimal infrastructure requirements. (File photo) Collection methods, like nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab collection ...

The Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has developed a simple and fast method of swab collection and processing for RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has evaluated a new and simplified RT-PCR testing method to detect SARS-Cov-2, which can potentially reduce testing time and cost. The new diagnostic ...

CSIR-CCMB’s novel ‘Dry Swab’, extraction-free direct RT-PCR testing method, which has reduced the time taken for the COVID test result to be declared, got further validation with another study ...

This method developed by CSIR-CCMB is a simple variation of the existing gold standard RT-PCR method and can easily scale up the testing by two to three fold with no new investment of resources, the ...

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has developed a simple and fast method of swab collection and processing for RT-PCR coronavirus tests which could be used in rural and ...

Mass spectrometry, long used to analyse what a stuff is made up of, is emerging as a major diagnostics too; there is a pretty good case for using it to detect Covid-19. At the Indian Institute of ...

The method is non-invasive and so simple that a patient can collect the sample himself, said Krishna Khairnar, senior scientist, Environmental Virology Cell at NEERI. (Image: ...