A ‘first of its kind’ indigenously developed, cost-effective diagnostic test kit for the autoimmune Celiac disease, an intestinal disorder, was launched by the Science & Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday.

The launch was part of recent initiative to expand the activities of Department of Science & Technology into the health sector, the S&T Ministry said, adding that this follows the recent launch of a cost-effective injectable Polio vaccine and ROTA virus vaccine about two months ago.

The diagnostic kit has been developed by the Department of Biotechnology in the Science & Technology Ministry with the involvement of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and industrial partner, J. Mitra & Co, an official release said.

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