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First DBT-BIRAC call on COVID-19 Research Consortium receives 500 applications

The first phase of the call ended on 30th March 2020 and around 500 applications were received from academia and industry.

Apr 20, 2020

By : Team ABLE

Central Drug Research Institute set to sequence virus strains obtained from COVID-19 patients

Initially, the Lucknow-based lab will sequence the virus strains from the samples of a few patients. This activity will be taken up under the first vertical ‘digital and molecular surveillance’.

Apr 20, 2020

By : Team ABLE

COVID19: Why diagnostics? : Some thoughts on "Why testing?" in this Covid19 crisis and the purposes it could serve

I thought I will use this blog to put down some useful purposes that testing can serve. (A disclaimer — there different types of diagnostic tests which answer different questions; so, please do not assume that every test does the same thing. Also different tests will have different levels of certainty with which they give results.)”

Apr 20, 2020

By : PREMNATH VENUGOPALAN

Kerala researchers develop diagnostic test kit that can confirm COVID 19 in 2 hours at low cost

The confirmatory diagnostic test detects the N Gene of SARS- COV2 using reverse transcriptase loop-mediated amplification of viral nucleic acid (RT-LAMP)

Apr 17, 2020

By : Team ABLE

CCMB researchers experiment inactivated virus vaccine against Coronavirus

Inactivated vaccines are known for their safety and easy production. Vaccination is thought to be the most effective and sure way to arrest the progress and deadly effect of this virus.

Apr 17, 2020

By : Team ABLE