New Delhi: In a major boost to India’s fight against tuberculosis (TB), the Indian Council of Medical Research ( ICMR ) has validated new indigenously developed diagnostic tools that could strengthen the country’s testing capacity and provide a cost-effective detection option, PTI reported.

Eliminating TB hinges critically on early, accurate, and universal detection to begin timely treatment and cut community transmission.

One of the newly validated tools is the Quantiplus MTB FAST detection kit , developed by Huwel Lifesciences in Telangana, according to an ICMR statement. Quantiplus is the first open-system RT- PCR assay validated for lung TB detection, capable of running on any existing PCR machine rather than being limited to proprietary platforms.

“This means laboratories

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