The first disease diagnostic laboratory is ready to be launched. The mobile laboratory was constructed under the scheme Atma Nirmar Bharat Abhiyan launched by PM Modi.
Highlights
- The laboratory aims to promote and support the idea of becoming self sufficient in difficult times.
- It was constructed in a record time of 8 days.
- The laboratory was built with the assistance of Department of Biotechnoogy.
About the Lab
- The Lab is the first inifectious disease diagnostics lab.
- It is constructed with a safety level of BSL-2 (Bio Safety Level 2).
- It has RT-PCR (Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) machines, bio-chemistry analyzers and on-site Elisa.
- The lab can perform 50 RT-PCR tests per day and around 200 ELISA tests per day.
- ELISA is designed to detect soluble substances such as antibodies, proteins and hormones.
- ELISA is Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay.
- The RT-PCR is an in virto method that has a crucial role in biomaterial fields and medical science.
- It uses RNA material to detect pathogens.
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