Current methods for detecting Salmonella typhi (for typhoid) are detailed, but still not quite as accurate. Naveen Kumar, Professor and Head of Biotechnology, Graphic Era, says that our research department has developed and patented an RT-PCR based test kit to detect the disease.
The testing kit was developed seven years ago. Naveen Kumar says that the relevance of such a method has now increased. He says, “Before the pandemic, the RT-PCR infrastructure was not comprehensive, but now it is present in smaller towns and villages, where people are tested for COVID-19. This has provided an opportunity to diagnose other diseases through RT-PCR.”
Compared to other methods, RT-PCR is almost completely accurate. Naveen Kumar said that RT-PCR checks for the actual pathogen, as compared to other diagnostics which detect antigens or antibodies.
In the past few decades, the incorporation of various devices and technologies in smartphones has brought about a big change in the field of health technology. Hyderabad-based Logy.AI has created artificial intelligence solutions that allow people to send WhatsApp images of their eyes or teeth to an automated message bot, which feeds the images into an AI engine to help troubleshoot problems.
The startup claims to use an artificial intelligence-based image processing model – from an image of the eye sent as a WhatsApp message to check whether a person has cataracts. The startup says it is responsible for 70 percent of blindness in India. The startup’s service for people is provided through a WhatsApp chatbot, where users can send an image of their eye to a chat box and Logy.AI’s image processing algorithm will use that image to detect whether the person has cataracts or not. No.
Two days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Biotech Startup Expo 2022 at Pragati Maidan in Delhi. Biotech Startup Expo 2022 had more than 300 stalls covering medical technology, agricultural technology, diagnostics, vaccine technology, biotech incubator etc.