India's new paper Covid-19 test could be a ‘game changer’

[LadiesTailor]

A team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar to a pregnancy test. The BBC's Soutik Biswas and Krutika Pathi unpack how it works.

The test, named after a famous Indian fictional detective, is based on a gene-editing technology called Crispr. Scientists estimate that the kit - called Feluda - would return results in under an hour and cost 500 rupees (about $6.75; £5.25).
 

source : https://www.yahoo.com/news/indias-paper-covid-19-test-230147502.html

[Pappu_Packitmaar]

Is this the same one being developed by DRDO ?

[LadiesTailor]

3 minutes ago, Pappu_Packitmaar said:

Is this the same one being developed by DRDO ?

Researchers at the Delhi-based CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), where Feluda was developed