Question: SreeChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology is located in which of the following city?
(a) Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) New Delhi
Answer:(a)
- Apr 17, 2020,A research institute in Kerala has developed a new, faster and cheaper diagnostic test for COVID-19 which could be a major breakthrough.
- The COVID-19 test kit has been developed by SreeChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
- The test kit will detect the N-Gene of the coronavirus using reverse transe loop-mediated amplification of viral nucleic acid or RT-LAMP technique.
- The new COVID-19 test kit is one of the first few confirmatory diagnostic tests for N-gene of COVID-19 virus using the RT-LAMP technique in the world.
Chitra Gene LAMP-N:
- The Chitra Gene LAMP-N test is highly specific.
- It can detect two regions of the gene, which will ensure test success even if one region of the gene undergoes mutation during its current spread.
- As per the research institute, the detection time using the kit is only 10 minutes and the sample to result time will be less than two hours.
- Further at least 30 samples can be tested in a single batch in a single machine.
Links:
http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=Faster%2C-cheaper-diagnostic-test-for-COVID-19%3A-A-research-institute-in-Kerala-develops-in-a-major-breakthrough&id=385842
https://www.india.gov.in/news_lists?a584155039