Iranian Company Produces Portable DNA Detection Kit

“We have not started our company yet and we are getting the necessary permission from the relevant authorities. However, we have done the initial work. Our activity is extracting pure DNA kit,” Alireza Niazmand who is a professor at the Islamic Azad University-Jahrom branch told ANA on the sidelines of the Asreh Omid Event held by the Islamic Azad University in Tehran in May.

“DNA is one of the components of all living cells and has many uses, including in the medical and laboratory to diagnose diseases, in the genetics laboratory to diagnose genetic diseases, in pharmaceuticals through biotechnology, in research, in the fields of agriculture, biology, and microbiology. DNA is necessary for all this works, that is why we have been seeking production of a pure DNA,” he elaborated more on the importance of DNA tests.

The researcher went on to talk about of the good points about their company’s kit saying, “One of the advantages of the kit that we produce is that the extracted DNA is 100 percent pure. In terms of quantity, the kit is extracted from the cell that are of sufficient quantity, which can be used for all the tasks I mentioned above. Another advantage is the issue of transportation, because similar foreign kits that are available in the market usually have to be transported at low temperatures. The kit that we produce can be carried at normal temperature. Another advantage of this product is the price issue, which is very low as compared to foreign counterparts and is even more reasonably priced than the domestic rivals”.

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