How TrueNat test works?

Why is it in News?
  • ICMR approved TrueNat machines for confirmatory tests for covid-19
More on News
  • Earlier it was used for TB test and screening test for covid-19
  • Traditional reverse transcription process (the RT in RT-PCR) converts RNA into DNA before test.
  • TrueNat machines can detect the RdRp enzyme found in the virus RNA
Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 19th Jun 2020
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