{"id":85642,"date":"2020-09-21T13:22:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17551"},"modified":"2020-09-21T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T07:52:09","slug":"indias-first-crispr-covid-19-test-developed-by-the-tata-group-and-csir-igib-approved-for-use-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-crispr-covid-19-test-developed-by-the-tata-group-and-csir-igib-approved-for-use-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first CRISPR Covid-19 test, developed by the Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB, approved for use in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>FELUDA is the acronym for FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay. It is a low cost paper strip test which can detect the presence of coronavirus within an hour.<\/li><li>It uses indigenously developed CRISPR gene-editing technology to identify and target the genetic material of SARS-CoV2.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is a gene editing technology. It can detect specific sequences of DNA within a gene and uses an enzyme functioning as molecular scissors to snip it.<\/li><li>It is used in correcting genetic defects and treating and preventing the spread of diseases.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch. Facts: FELUDA is the acronym for FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay. It is a low cost paper strip test&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-crispr-covid-19-test-developed-by-the-tata-group-and-csir-igib-approved-for-use-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s first CRISPR Covid-19 test, developed by the Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB, approved for use in India<\/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":[2885],"class_list":["post-85642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-feluda","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704883797},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85642","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=85642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}