Articles for Molecular Testing

Managing Influenza in Winter: Know the importance of early diagnosis
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Managing Influenza in Winter: Know the importance of early diagnosis

India TV News  

Influenza most commonly known as flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by Influenza viruses. The crucial role of early detection in managing flu outbreaks: When we spoke to Dr Pranav Gupta, Consultant and Head, Molecular Biology Regional Reference Lab, Apollo Diagnostic Delhi, he said that early detection of influenza cases is essential for prompt outbreak management. Early diagnosis also …

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Eight months on, States wait for 3HP TB preventive drug
1 year, 4 months ago

Eight months on, States wait for 3HP TB preventive drug

The Hindu  

Eight months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the pan-India rollout of a shorter TB Preventive Treatment in March 2023 called the 3HP — once-weekly isoniazid-rifapentine for 12 weeks — States are yet to receive the 3HP combination drug from the Central TB Division. But if active TB disease is not ruled out before starting TB preventive treatment, there is …

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TB testing stuck in the previous century, and waiting for change
1 year, 10 months ago

TB testing stuck in the previous century, and waiting for change

The Hindu  

The frenetic pace of activity in some areas of science is only matched by lethargy in others. A classic case, as Madhukar Pai, renowned researcher on Tuberculosis and Associate Director, McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Canada, put it in a tweet as a pithy foreword to his article in Nature: “Billions of molecular tests were done for Covid-19 Why …

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Filter-based kits developed for TB diagnosis, drug-resistance testing
5 years, 6 months ago

Filter-based kits developed for TB diagnosis, drug-resistance testing

The Hindu  

To address the TB diagnostic challenges, a multi-institutional team has developed three cost-effective kits that improve the sensitivity of smear microscopy, enable transport of sputum samples at ambient temperature without using bio-safe containers, and extract DNA for diagnosing drug-resistant TB. The TB Detect kit is for diagnosis using LED fluorescence microscopy, while the TB Concentration & Transport, and the TB …

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Chennai: Doctors seek to identify dengue virus strain
7 years, 5 months ago

Chennai: Doctors seek to identify dengue virus strain

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: With the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, discovering the fifth serotype of Dengue virus, the Doctors for Safe Environment here has called upon the government to take up a molecular study to identify which strain is causing the epidemic claiming scores of lives in TN besides afflicting several thousand. He recalled that then home secretary Kamal Pandey in October …

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