The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), an autonomous institution under the Governemnt of Kerala, has got international recognition for its research on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The centre is now planning to commercialise the kits it has developed indigenously to detect Hepatitis HCV strains. The third International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim, held in Bali, Indonesia, recently, accepted the recommendation of the centre for developing region-specific diagnostic assays.