{"id":85535,"date":"2020-05-03T18:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15200"},"modified":"2020-05-03T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:44:27","slug":"niab-develops-portable-coronavirus-detection-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/niab-develops-portable-coronavirus-detection-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"NIAB develops portable coronavirus detection kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Researchers from the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology(NIAB), Hyderabad have developed a coronavirus detection kit named \u201ceCovSens\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>eCovSens is a biosensor that can detect the presence of novel coronavirus antigens in human saliva within 30 seconds.<\/li><li>It consists of a carbon electrode coated with the antibody of Covid-19. When a saliva sample from an infected person is applied on the electrode, a reaction occurs between antibody on the electrode and antigen in the saliva.\u00a0<\/li><li>This generates an electric signal confirming the presence of the virus in the sample.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Antigen<\/strong>:It is a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body.<\/li><li><strong>Antibodies:<\/strong>It is a protective protein produced by the immune system in order to attack antigens.<\/li><li><strong>Biosensor(Biological Sensor):<\/strong>It is an analytical device that detects the changes in biological processes such as enzymes, tissues, antibodies&nbsp; or microorganisms and converts them into an electrical signal that can be measured.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Researchers from the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology(NIAB), Hyderabad have developed a coronavirus detection kit named \u201ceCovSens\u201d. Facts: eCovSens is a biosensor that can detect the presence of novel coronavirus antigens in human saliva within 30 seconds. It consists of a carbon electrode coated with the antibody of Covid-19. When a saliva sample from an&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/niab-develops-portable-coronavirus-detection-kit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NIAB develops portable coronavirus detection kit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2900,2901],"class_list":["post-85535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-biosensor","tag-ecovsens","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704884367},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}