{"id":85613,"date":"2020-08-13T10:59:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T05:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16865"},"modified":"2020-08-13T10:59:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T05:29:28","slug":"csir-moots-mega-labs-to-boost-covid-19-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/csir-moots-mega-labs-to-boost-covid-19-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"CSIR moots \u2018mega labs\u2019 to boost COVID-19 testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) is working on developing \u201cmega labs\u201d to ramp up testing for COVID-19 as well as improve the accuracy rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/MCVcyVsa-OK-hMsAGCUcbU6qLERTOQR_kmMhSUHszcXGe5EdKOYKiIhWdbIgopcOvoKHVEuhwD6t2pk4Ye1zp6HiuoXtau-PpVKN2aRo297so4aB03czM_NnCHKH0gOz-OZlTU9T\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mega Labs: <\/strong>These labs will use Next Generation Sequencing(NGS) machines (NGS) which are normally used for sequencing human genomes to sequence 1,500 to 3,000 viral genomes at a go to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Genome sequencing: <\/strong>It means determining the order of the four chemical building blocks called \u201cbases\u201d that make up the DNA molecule.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Next Generation Sequencing(NGS): <\/strong>It allows parallel Genome sequencing resulting in the generation of giga bases of data in a short amount of time.This has reduced the cost per genome significantly, making genomic data more accessible to individual researchers.<\/li><li><strong>Comparison with RT-PCR Test: <\/strong>The NGS machines can detect the presence of the virus even in several instances where the traditional RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tests fail.<ul><li>This is because the RT-PCR test identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus by exploring only specific sections whereas the genome method can read a bigger chunk of virus genome.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) is working on developing \u201cmega labs\u201d to ramp up testing for COVID-19 as well as improve the accuracy rate. Facts: Mega Labs: These labs will use Next Generation Sequencing(NGS) machines (NGS) which are normally used for sequencing human genomes to sequence 1,500 to 3,000 viral genomes at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/csir-moots-mega-labs-to-boost-covid-19-testing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CSIR moots \u2018mega labs\u2019 to boost COVID-19 testing<\/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":[3005,2338,3006],"class_list":["post-85613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-covid-19-2","tag-genome-sequencing","tag-next-generation-sequencing","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704896197},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85613","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=85613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}