DIPCOVAN

WHY IN NEWS? The Defence Research and Development Organisation have developed an antibody detection kit for the early screening of COVID-19. The Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, a lab of DRDO, in association with Delhi based firm Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, has developed DIPCOVAN, the DIPS-VDx COVID 19 IGg Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero surveillance. About: The kit can detect the spike as well as the nucleocapsid (S and N) proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity of 97% and specificity of 99%. DIPCOVAN aims for the qualitative detection of IgG antibodies in human serum or....Read More