Mysuru-based Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) has tie-up with the district administration to provide testing equipment for Coronavirus COVID-19 infection.
Key Features, - CSIR-CFTRI is providing two PCR machines and one RNA extraction unit along with necessary chemicals to the district administration for coping with the large number of samples to be tested in the district.
COVID-19, PCR Method, - At present, the COVID-19 is detected by a very sophisticated and precise technique called Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method. - It involves the extraction of the RNA of the virus from samples and amplification of the same using a PCR machine. - The main advantage of the PCR test is that it can detect the virus in a person at a very early stage, that is, even symptoms emerge.
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