PREMIER Biosoft International released Beacon Designer 7.0 for designing real-time PCR assays. Q Chip launched the ReaX Mastermix Lab-in-a-Bead gel-based bead and the ReaX Custom Bead Service. Spartan Bioscience launched the Spartan Dx real-time PCR DNA analyzer priced at $14,995. VWR International introduced Gene Technologies’ G-Storm thermal cyclers, consisting of three models.

Single-cell whole genome amplification (WGA) PCR is an application of PCR technology that amplifies the nucleic acid in a single cell rather than in a tissue sample or a pool of homogenous cells. While single-cell amplification has been recognized almost as long as PCR technology itself, it was not considered a very efficient technique due […]

Founded in 1999, today Fluidigm has over 100 employees and subsidiaries in Europe, Japan and Singapore. Last year, the company introduced its second product platform, the Biomark System for gene expression using quantitative real-time PCR. Based on integrated fluidic circuit technology, the Biomark System enables nanofluidic manipulation and mixing of reagents and samples in a […]

Esco introduced the Swift range of thermal cyclers, including Swift Mini and Swift Maxi models and the Swift Spectrum four-channel real-time cyclers. Sigma-Aldrich launched the GenomePlex Tissue Whole Genome Amplification Kit, featuring an optimized tissue lysis and extraction procedure that eliminates the need for deparaffinization or DNA purification. Applied Biosystems introduced the AmpFLSTR MiniFiler PCR […]

Idaho Technology exclusively licensed from the University of Utah Research Foundation the patent for “Monitoring Amplification with FRET Probes,” covering real-time PCR amplification kits. In February, QIAGEN NV broadened its portfolio of licenses to include all of Roche’s real-time PCR patents. The company also licensed patents related to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics’ “Hot-Start” technology. Sales for […]

Company Announcements Beckman Coulter signed an OEM and supply agreement in fall 2006 to provide the Agencourt RNAClean nucleic acid purification product for packaging in NuGEN Technologies’ WT-Ovation Pico RNA Amplification System. Finnzymes Instruments licensed key thermal cycler and PCR patents from Applied Biosystems in fall 2006. In January, Finnzymes Instruments and Bridge Biosciences formed […]