IIT Guwahati develops isolation kits among others against coronavirus
India TodayAs coronavirus crisis becoming a part of life, IIT Guwahati has jointly developed RR Animal Healthcare Ltd -- Viral Transport Media Kits, RT-PCR kits, and RNA isolation kits. These affordable and sterile Viral Transport Media kits, RT-PCR kits and RNA isolation kits have been developed at IIT Guwahati jointly with RR Animal Healthcare Ltd. with inputs from GMCH. The requested kits were already under development stage and on knowing the immediate requirement of these kits in high quantity, the research teams led by Prof. Parameswar Krishnan Iyer, Prof. Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh from IIT Guwahati and Dr. Labanyamoy Kole of RR Animal developed these kits as per the standards laid down by the GMCH and have already delivered them ~950 VTM kits, which have now been tested and validated. IIT Guwahati also develops isolation kits In addition to the sterile “SPILD” VTM kits the Institute has also developed “SPILD” RNA isolation kits and “SPILD” RT-PCR kits jointly with RR Animal Healthcare Ltd. which are imperative to safely isolate the RNA from Covid-19 virus.
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