TNPSC Thervupettagam

RT - Lamp Based test

May 29 , 2020 1644 days 1072 0
  • The CSIR-IIIM & Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is to develop this test for Coronavirus.
  • RT-Lamp Test is Reverse Transcriptase-Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification.
  • It is a nucleic acid based test carried out from nasal/throat swab sample from patients.
  • While the current COVID-19 testing is done by real-time PCR their components are mostly imported. 
  • Further these tests are expensive; require highly trained manpower.
  • On the other hand, the RT-LAMP test can be done in a single tube with minimal expertise in a very basic lab setup.

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