DRDO develops indigenous Covid-19 antibody detection kit DIPCOVAN
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a COVID-19 antibody detection kit called DIPCOVAN.
- The testing kit offers results in just 75 minute without any cross reactivity with other diseases and will cost just Rs 75 per test.
- It can detect spike as well as nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with 97% high sensitivity and 99% specificity.
- The kit has been developed by the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) laboratory of DRDO, in association with Delhi-based Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd.
- DIPCOVAN will help a person detect if they have previously been exposed to Covid-19 virus and whether they have antibodies for it.
Source: The Times of India