At a time when the coronavirus has gripped the entire country by panic, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a portable rapid low-cost test kit to detect COVID-19. With a special feature of being a portable test kit, the tests can be conducted at any given location acting as an alternative to specialised laboratory equipment. While other test kits are limited to a certain number of samples it can test, this portable rapid test kit can continue testing samples after a mere replacement of the paper cartridge post each test. Professor Suman Chakraborty from the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, and Dr. Arindam Mondal from the School of BioScience, IIT Kharagpur, came up with the concept of a portable non-invasive rapid detection test for COVID-19. This apart, IIT Kharagpur is ready for the commercialization of the product.

Source: dna July 25, 2020 12:33 UTC