DRDO Lab develops Antibody Detection Kit ‘DIPCOVAN’

A laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) - Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS) - has developed an antibody detection-based kit 'DIPCOVAN', the DIPAS-VDx COVID-19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance.

  • The kit has been developed in association with Vanguard Diagnostics Private Limited, New Delhi.
  • DIPCOVAN will carry out qualitative detection of IgG antibodies in human serum or plasma, targeting SARS-CoV-2 related antigens. It can detect both spike as well as nucleocapsid proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity of 97 per cent and specificity of 99 per cent.
  • It offers a significantly ....
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