The Indian Council of Medical Research's flagship i-DRONE initiative demonstrated that drone‑assisted transport of TB sputum ...

Princeton University and collaborators have developed SHINE-TB, a one-sample, parallelized reaction amplification and detection CRISPR assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from ...

A streamlined approach to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis requiring a single sputum sample and providing rapid, accurate results to patients proved feasible in rural Uganda, according to research ...

The i-DRONE project used drones to transport tuberculosis (TB) sputum samples, making diagnosis faster, cheaper, and more ...

An ICMR study found its i-DRONE initiative cut TB diagnosis time from 15 to five days and sharply reduced patients’ travel ...

Drink plenty of fluids the night prior to the test. Sputum sample collections is done early in the morning before eating or drinking anything. Brush teeth and rinse mouth well prior to the test. Do ...

HYDERABAD: A pilot project using drones to transport tuberculosis (TB) sputum samples in Telangana’s Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri ...

Clinicians from the Institute of Infectious Diseases at Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University found that some patients had positive real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction ...

Drone sample testing in Telangana reduces TB diagnosis costs from ₹9,451 to ₹91, improving access and efficiency for patients ...

Clinicians found that some patients had positive real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results for SARS-CoV-2 in the sputum or feces after the pharyngeal swabs became negative ...