TB can now be diagnosed in two to 72 hours with the latest tests
Express News Service | Chandigarh |, March 26, 2022
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/tb-can-now-be-diagnosed-in-two-to-72-hours-with-the-latest-tests-7837970/
A two-day CME-cum-workshop on tuberculosis started on Saturday, as part of World TB week at the Department of Medical Microbiology, PGI Chandigarh. Dr Sunil Sethi, Professor and organising secretary of TBCON 2022, said that over 300 delegates from all over India will be attending this event.
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TB diagnosis: Strengthening first line of defence a must
Prathiba Raju, ET Health World, March 24, 2022
https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/diagnostics/tb-diagnosis-strengthening-first-line-of-defence-a-must/90413420
The door-to-door tuberculosis screening campaign with Truenat machines .....
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Union govt deploys Molbio Diagnostics’ to conduct door-to-door TB screening campaign
ET Health World, March 17, 2022
https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/diagnostics/union-govt-deploys-molbio-diagnostics-to-conduct-door-to-door-tb-screening-campaign/90285029
Molbio Diagnostics’ indigenously developed Truenat platform a point-of-care portable, battery-operated, IoT-enabled, Real Time PCR platform with a sample to result time of less than one hour to be used in the door-to-door campaign by health workers to test those found to have symptoms of TB
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In Quest for Building Better Healthcare – Dr Chandrashekhar Nair
Arati Halbe, Research Matters, March 02, 2022
https://researchmatters.in/news/quest-building-better-healthcare-%E2%80%93-dr-chandrasekhar-nair
In an exclusive interview with Research Matters, Dr Chandrashekhar Nair, awardee of the Infosys Prize for Engineering and Computer Science 2021, shared the motivation, challenges and breakthroughs during the making of Truenat®, a portable, battery-operated PCR testing platform.
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RT-PCR test kit for Omicron ready, will approach ICMR if need arises, says TrueNat maker
The Print, December 18, 2021
https://theprint.in/health/rt-pcr-test-kit-for-omicron-ready-will-approach-icmr-if-need-arises-says-truenat-maker/783150/
Molbio Diagnostics director & chief technical officer Chandrasekhar Nair, awarded Infosys Prize 2021 this month, says they are waiting to see 'impact' of variant on public health.
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Importance of Point-of-Care Testing in India
The Health Site, December 15, 2021
https://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/importance-of-point-of-care-testing-in-india-852137/
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the huge gaps in India's health care system and the need for novel point-of-care solutions
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Infosys Prize 2021 highlights best of science, research in India
Team Lounge, Livemint, December 03, 2021
https://lifestyle.livemint.com/smart-living/innovation/infosys-prize-2021-highlights-best-of-science-research-in-india-111638443445196.html
Chandrasekhar Nair, chief technology officer of Molbio Diagnostics in Bengaluru, was awarded the prize in engineering and computer science for the development and large-scale deployment of TrueNat, a new point-of-care testing platform for PCR-based medical diagnostics.
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Three from Bengaluru bag Infosys Prize 2021
The Hindu, December 03, 2021
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/three-from-bengaluru-bag-infosys-prize-2021/article37812803.ece
Chandrasekhar Nair, CTO of Molbio Diagnostics, for his development and large-scale deployment of TrueNat, a new point-of-care testing platform for PCR-based medical diagnostics.
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Truenat is today fulfilling goal of being a multi-disease platform: Chandrasekhar Nair, Molbio Diagnostics
Shardul Nautiyal, Financial Express Health care, October 26, 2021
https://www.financialexpress.com/healthcare/diagnostic/truenat-is-today-fulfilling-goal-of-being-a-multi-disease-platform-chandrasekhar-nair-molbio-diagnostics/2356591/
Truenat was validated extensively by ICMR and FIND for Indian and WHO approvals for sensitive and rapid detection of MDR-TB
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Molbio Diagnostics receives DCGI nod for Scrub Typhus test
ET Health World; October 11, 2021, October 11, 2021
https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/diagnostics/molbio-launches-truenat-scrub-t-test-for-scrub-typhus/86939921
Truenat by Molbio is a point of care Real-Time PCR platform that had earlier been approved to detect numerous infectious diseases like COVID-19, Tuberculosis, H1N1, Dengue, Hepatitis amongst others
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