Research
Title : | Rapid, affordable, portable SARS-CoV-2 screening kit for resource-limited settings |
Area of research : | COVID-19 Research, Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Focus area : | COVID -19 Diagnostics |
Principal Investigator : | Dr Jyotsnendu Giri, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad |
Timeline Start Year : | 2020 |
Contact info : | jgiri@iith.ac.in |
Details
Executive Summary : | This project aims to develop a novel coulometric detection platform of COVID-19 virus nucleic acid for rapid (2 to 3 hours), cost-effective (Rs 400 to 500 per sample), sensitive (more than 90%), naked-eyes detection colorimetric detection in resource-limited settings (without costly RT-qPCR machine). |
Outcome/Output: | Gold nanoparticles based colorimetric probes have shown excellent detection capability and specificity. The gold nanoparticles will eventually be used to detect viral SARS-CoV-2 RNA in patients using the matrix-based extraction of the RNA from clinical samples. |
Organizations involved
Implementing Agency : | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad Funding Agency :Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India | |