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Sankara Nethralaya brings PCR technology to eastern region

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

PCR helps in faster detection of microorganisms that affect women's health and lead to tuberculosis, and also faster detection of genetic variations, including mutations, in human genes, Sankara Nethralaya's chairman emeritus S S Badrinath said here today.

Badrinath said "The unique technology allows scientists to take a specimen of genetic material, even from just one call, copy its genetic sequence over and over."

  

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