Bengaluru: A group of researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a brand new know-how that holds the potential to bridge gaps in preservation of specimens for optimum utilisation of current diagnostics laboratory companies.
In a brand new publication within the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Lab on a Chip journal, the group led by Bhushan Toley, assistant professor within the division of chemical engineering, describes a specimen transportation know-how known as SPECTRA-Tube (Specimen Transportation Tube) that allows dry stabilisation of enormous volumes (greater than 1ml) of liquid specimens for transportation to central laboratories.
“Applied sciences for preservation of specimens within the absence of chilly chains are important for optimum utilisation of current laboratory companies within the growing world. We current a prototype known as SPECTRA-tube for the gathering, exposure-free drying, ambient transportation, and liquid state restoration of large-volume specimens,” the researchers stated of their examine.
Specimens launched into the SPECTRA-tube, they added, are dried in glass fibre membranes, that are essential for environment friendly liquid-state pattern restoration by rehydration and centrifugation (the method to separate fluids of various densities).
SPECTRA-tube, which has been demonstrated for the dry storage of sputum (a mix of saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract) for tuberculosis (TB) detection, additionally holds the potential for dealing with samples wanted to diagnose different illnesses.
“The group has demonstrated SPECTRA-tube’s software in dry stabilisation of sputum, and has proven that dried sputum may be recovered from this tube and used for molecular in addition to culture-based analysis of TB,” IISc stated.
Elaborating on the significance of the event, IISc stated diagnostic companies are important to guiding therapy of many well being circumstances however that in growing nations diagnostic companies are restricted to well-equipped central laboratories in city areas and the potential to conduct medical diagnostics quickly drops within the distant areas.
“A big inhabitants in distant areas, subsequently, doesn’t have entry to state-of-the-art medical diagnostic services. Central diagnostic laboratories are nicely outfitted to conduct excessive throughput and high-quality diagnostic testing. Nonetheless, their potential is usually underutilised, largely due to the absence of environment friendly chilly chains for pattern transportation, leading to poor specimen high quality,” the IISc stated.
In a brand new publication within the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Lab on a Chip journal, the group led by Bhushan Toley, assistant professor within the division of chemical engineering, describes a specimen transportation know-how known as SPECTRA-Tube (Specimen Transportation Tube) that allows dry stabilisation of enormous volumes (greater than 1ml) of liquid specimens for transportation to central laboratories.
“Applied sciences for preservation of specimens within the absence of chilly chains are important for optimum utilisation of current laboratory companies within the growing world. We current a prototype known as SPECTRA-tube for the gathering, exposure-free drying, ambient transportation, and liquid state restoration of large-volume specimens,” the researchers stated of their examine.
Specimens launched into the SPECTRA-tube, they added, are dried in glass fibre membranes, that are essential for environment friendly liquid-state pattern restoration by rehydration and centrifugation (the method to separate fluids of various densities).
SPECTRA-tube, which has been demonstrated for the dry storage of sputum (a mix of saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract) for tuberculosis (TB) detection, additionally holds the potential for dealing with samples wanted to diagnose different illnesses.
“The group has demonstrated SPECTRA-tube’s software in dry stabilisation of sputum, and has proven that dried sputum may be recovered from this tube and used for molecular in addition to culture-based analysis of TB,” IISc stated.
Elaborating on the significance of the event, IISc stated diagnostic companies are important to guiding therapy of many well being circumstances however that in growing nations diagnostic companies are restricted to well-equipped central laboratories in city areas and the potential to conduct medical diagnostics quickly drops within the distant areas.
“A big inhabitants in distant areas, subsequently, doesn’t have entry to state-of-the-art medical diagnostic services. Central diagnostic laboratories are nicely outfitted to conduct excessive throughput and high-quality diagnostic testing. Nonetheless, their potential is usually underutilised, largely due to the absence of environment friendly chilly chains for pattern transportation, leading to poor specimen high quality,” the IISc stated.
