Azim Premji Foundation joins hands with NCBS-TIFR, inStem to ramp up Covid-19 testing

Team Udayavani, May 19, 2020, 5:09 PM IST

Azim Premji Foundation, the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR), and the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), have joined hands to ramp up testing infrastructure and facilities to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is said that these organisations have collaborated to conduct research into new and innovative methods for testing for the Covid-19.

The collaboration would enable free-of-cost testing for COVID-19 to a large number of people from disadvantaged and marginalised communities, using NCBS-TIFR and inStem’s high-capacity technical capabilities and skilled scientific personnel.

Apurva Sarin, Director of inStem, said, “Rapid and widespread testing is universally recognised as a critical tool to inform our treatment of infected individuals as well as control the spread of this disease”