Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

At a time when the country is fighting its biggest battle against the novel coronavirus attack, the ICMR has listed out some exceptions to getting the RT-PCR test done. Read on to find out.

Until this past January, few outside academic and diagnostic labs knew what quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-qPCR ... test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS ...

While many countries have used real time RT–PCR for diagnosing other diseases, such as the Ebola virus and Zika virus, many need support in adapting this method for the COVID-19 virus, as well as in ...

Dr. T S Selvavinayagam discusses the adaptability of Tamil Nadu's RT-PCR labs for future viral and bacterial disease diagnostics at a national conclave on vector-borne diseases in Madurai. Learn about ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to many changes ... New PCR technologies Seegene, based in Seoul, South Korea, specializes in real-time PCR testing solutions, and has taken this technique to new ...

Doctors call this convalescent plasma. The FDA approved these types of tests for diagnosing a COVID-19 infection: RT-PCR test. Also called a molecular test, this COVID-19 test detects genetic material ...

Jaipur, Looking at the sharp fall in Covid cases in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday issued orders to lift the night curfew clamped in 13 districts and announced that RT-PCR tests ...

As coronavirus cases are increasing every day, many states have mandated a negative RT-PCR diagnostic test report for travelers from Delhi-NCR and some of the other states with a growing number of ...

"It has been decided that rate for RT-PCR test for COVID-19 prescribed by Indian Council of Medical Research or the rate prescribed for the state by the concerned state government or actual ...