IISc-incubated startup Azooka develops India’s first indigenous bio-sample collection kit
The Hindu
It is a biological transport and storage medium that would help in preserving genetic content in all types of biological samples
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, a biological transport and storage medium that would help in preserving genetic content in all types of biological samples, including microbiomes, saliva, cells, tissues, blood, body fluids, and fecal tubes.
It is the only Molecular Transport Medium to be manufactured in India that competes with sample stabilisation and transporting media, such as Paxgene from Qiagen, RNALater from Thermofisher, Zymo Sample Collection Kits, UTM from BD Biosciences, claims the company.
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