IIT Delhi scientist developed Two indigenous healthcare technologies developed scientists under the Nanoelectronics Network for Research and Applications (NNetRA) project supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) were transferred to industry.
IIT Delhi Two indigenous healthcare technologies
Photonic Chip
First is Photonic Chip based Spectrometric Biosensor. The technology is used to quickly and accurate detection of pathogens, which result in the prevention of infectious disease that also reduced the cost of diagnostic test.
The team of IIT Delhi who developed this projects is led by Prof.Josy Joseph Optics and Photonics Centre and Physics Department
DNA Aptamer
Another technology developed by IIT is DNA Aptamer for Prostate Cancer Detection which was transferred to Hummsa Biotech pvt ltd,Dr Swapnil Sinha.
How this technology will help-This technology will enable quick and accurate prostate cancer detection. It can be integrated into point-of-care (PoC) devices and can also act as a novel drug.
The aptamer is developed by a team of IIT Delhi researchers led by Prof. Prashant Mishra from the Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology.
The Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at IIT has played an instrumental role in fostering this technology transfer.