Gokul C Das, Ph.D., is a molecular virologist and medical research scientist; he was an Ex- Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and retired recently from the faculty of ...

The city airport has facilitated rapid RT-PCR facility for international flyers on Sharjah-Nagpur-Sharjah route. Samples of the flyers are being collected at the airport itself and results delivered ...

At-home COVID-19 tests have become an easy way to self-diagnose. But current tests have drawbacks, such as the length of time it takes to get an answer, or how accurately the test can identify a ...

Cipla, on Tuesday, announced the commercialisation of its real-time COVID-19 RT-PCR test kit in India. The ‘RT-Direct’ multiplex COVID-19 RT PCR test kit will be released in partnership with Genes2Me ...

Amid the concerns for an impending third wave of COVID-19, people are getting tested to detect the fatal infection. While various types of testing can detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the ...

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan who chaired the high-level meeting stressed on ramping up testing with a higher proportion of RT-PCR, and whole genome sequencing of positive samples.

Real-time PCR (qPCR) analysis has become the method of choice for quantitating DNA in a wide variety of applications. The availability of commercial kits has made the technique easy to perform, ...

Travellers flying to China from the US will no longer be required to provide three negative RT-PCR test results as of Friday. The previous requirement of showing a negative RT-PCR test result from ...