{"id":85562,"date":"2020-05-22T19:13:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T13:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15596"},"modified":"2020-05-22T19:13:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T13:43:06","slug":"sctimst-to-organize-commercial-launch-of-agappe-chitra-magna-for-detection-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sctimst-to-organize-commercial-launch-of-agappe-chitra-magna-for-detection-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"SCTIMST to organize commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna for detection of COVID 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) in collaboration with Agappe Diagnostics Ltd has commercially launched the Agappe Chitra Magna Kit for detection of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Agappe Chitra Magna:<\/strong>It is a magnetic nanoparticle-based RiboNucleic Acid (RNA) extraction kit for use during testing for the detection of COVID-19.<\/li><li><strong>Application: <\/strong>The kit can be used for RNA extraction for RT-LAMP, RT-PCR and other isothermal and Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR) based protocols for the detection of COVID-19.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>RNA:<\/strong>It is generally a one-strand molecule that copies, transcribes and transmits parts of the genetic code to proteins so they can synthetize and carry out functions that keep organisms alive and developing.<\/li><li><strong>Reverse Transcription-based Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP):<\/strong>It is a technique for the amplification of RNA.It is used in the detection of viruses.In this method, a DNA copy of the viral RNA is generated by reverse transcriptase and then isothermal amplification is carried out to increase the amount of total DNA.<\/li><li><strong>Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction(RT-PCR) Tests<\/strong>:It is a nuclear-derived method for detecting the presence of specific genetic material from any pathogen including a virus.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) in collaboration with Agappe Diagnostics Ltd has commercially launched the Agappe Chitra Magna Kit for detection of Covid-19. Facts: Agappe Chitra Magna:It is a magnetic nanoparticle-based RiboNucleic Acid (RNA) extraction kit for use during testing for the detection of COVID-19. Application: The kit can&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sctimst-to-organize-commercial-launch-of-agappe-chitra-magna-for-detection-of-covid-19\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SCTIMST to organize commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna for detection of COVID 19<\/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":[2934,1087,2935],"class_list":["post-85562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-agappe-chitra-magna","tag-covid-19","tag-rna","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700790353,"cached_date":1704863562},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85562","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=85562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}