<span style="color: #222222;">Bengaluru based, VNIR Biotechnologies, a spinoff by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has launched indigenous fluorescence probes and Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mix for RT-PCR detection of COVID-19.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The molecular probes developed by VNIR Biotechnologies will be used in COVID-19 test kits in the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">PCR based test kit has three critical components, the oligos, enzymes and molecular probes.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The molecular probes used in COVID 19 tests, are currently, only imported.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">VNIR has innovated synthesis protocols for molecular probes, which will be useful for PCR based COVID-19 testing. The company is in the process of filing for the protection of its process innovation.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">VNIR's Research and Development effort in line with the Make-In-India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat missions of the Government of India are meant to contribute to self-reliance in COVID-19 testing.</span><br />''