Podcast: Ten-year journey to develop a diagnostic test for TB meningitis

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Sagarika Haldar is currently at the Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, PGIMER, Chandigarh.

A team lead by Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi from AIIMS in collaboration with THSTI has developed a diagnostic test for TB meningitis with nearly 100% sensitivity and about 91% specificity. The rapid, point-of-care diagnostic test for TB meningitis, which uses the DNA aptamer, has already been adapted to a sensor format and is being evaluated on clinical samples. It has taken the team 10 years to reach this stage.

 

Published by Prasad Ravindranath

Science Editor with @The_Hindu, Chennai, India. DO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME AT prasad.thehindu@gmail.com IF YOU HAVE SOME INTERESTING RESULTS THAT CAN BE PUBLISHED IN THE HINDU NEWSPAPER AND ALSO IN MY BLOG. You can also reach me on twitter @RPrasad12 and Facebook /prasad.ravindranath. I write on health, medicine, environment, and technology.

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