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The
National Research Council
of Thailand (NRCT) organized
the annual "Inventor
Day" 2010 and presented
the awards from the NRC:
Outstanding Researcher
Awards, Research Awards,
and Thesis Awards for the
year 2009 and the Invention
Award of 2010 at Hall 9,
Impact Muang Thong Thani
Exhibition Center and Convention
Hall, Nonthaburi Province,
on 2 February 2010.
Khunying
Dr. Kalaya Sophonpanich,
Minister of Science and
Technology, presided over
the ceremony and Professor
Dr. Thira Sutabutra, Chairman
of the Executive Board
of the National Research
Council, presented the
award certificates. On
this occasion, Assistant
Professor Dr. Pongrama
Ramasoota, DVM, Deputy
Dean for Research and Innovation,
Faculty of Tropical Medicine,
Mahidol University, and
the research team consisted
of Assistant Professor
Dr. Porntippa Lekcharoensuk,
DVM, Associate Professor
Dr. Pathana Ekapho, Assistant
Professor Thareerat Kalambaheti,
Assistant Professor Dr.
Narin Upakornkarinth, DVM,
Assistant Professor Dr.
Narisorn Na-ngam, DVM,
Rongdetch Tangtrakarnpong,
DVM, and Miss Prannamthip
Pitaksajjakul, received
a "Good" level
award for the research
titled "Production
of Antigens and Antibodies
Specific to Tropical Diseases
by Protein Expression on
Phage Surface". The
mentioned research would
give Thai researchers the
necessary knowledge base
to domestically produce
diagnostic kits, allowing
physicians to diagnose
diseases quickly and make
timely choices for treatment
and reduce the expense
of importing diagnostic
reagents by billions of
bahts in the future.
Dr.
Pongrama said that "For
this diagnostic kit that
the research team has developed,
it would take only around
30 minutes to find out
which strain of type-A
influenza infects the subjects
by using discharges such
as snot, feces, urine,
saliva from animals or
humans suspected of being
infected with the virus.
The discharge would be
mixed with the solutions
in the instructed ratio,
then the mixture would
be dropped on the sample
well, wait for the result,
and then the infected human
or animal would be able
to receive treatment on
time."
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Date : February
16, 2010 |
