Startup Company Azuka develops India's first indigenous bio-specimen collection kit

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: February 09 2022

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Azooka Labs, a startup incubated by the Society for Innovation and Development at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.),has launched mWRAPR, a biological transport and storage medium for genomic sequencing labs, biobanks, and research labs handling biological samples for molecular analysis.
The company claims that mWRAPR is India’s first indigenous bio-sample kit.
It is the only Molecular Transport Medium to be manufactured in India that competes with sample stabilisation and transport media, such as Paxgene from Qiagen, RNALater from Thermofisher, Zymo Sample Collection Kits, UTM from BD Biosciences, claims the company.

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Startup Company Azuka develops India's first indigenous bio-specimen collection kit