MyLab starts making RNA extraction kits for crucial Covid-19 test

There is a huge shortage in India of these kits, which are critical in extracting sufficient quantities of RNA for accurate molecular diagnosis

With a growing shortage of RNA extraction kits across the world, Pune's MyLab Discovery Solutions, the first Indian company to get approval for Covid-19 diagnostic kits, has now also come up with its own RNA-extraction kits. India currently imports almost its entire requirement of RNA extraction kits and sources say that it has around 300,000 kits lying with the country. 

The reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test cannot be conducted without the RNA extraction kit. RNA or ribonucleic acid is the carrier of genetic information of certain viruses. For a successful and accurate PCR test (a molecular diagnosis), it is necessary