FELUDA test to be rolled out in next few weeks, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
The minister also said that based on tests of over 2,000 patients during the trials at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) and on testing in private labs, the test showed 96 per cent sensitivity and 98 per cent specificity
- Oct 11, 2020,
- Updated Oct 11, 2020 4:16 PM IST
The FELUDA test developed by Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) is likely to be rolled out in the next few weeks, as mentioned by Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. "While I cannot put an exact date on the availability, we should expect this test within the next few weeks," he said on Sunday.
The minister also said that based on tests of over 2,000 patients during the trials at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) and on testing in private labs, the test showed 96 per cent sensitivity and 98 per cent specificity.
The FELUDA test developed by Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) is likely to be rolled out in the next few weeks, as mentioned by Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. "While I cannot put an exact date on the availability, we should expect this test within the next few weeks," he said on Sunday.
The minister also said that based on tests of over 2,000 patients during the trials at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) and on testing in private labs, the test showed 96 per cent sensitivity and 98 per cent specificity.