BOULDER, Colo. — ArcherDX, the leader in NGS-based gene fusions, has announced the addition of a liquid biopsy assay to their portfolio. Archer® Reveal ctDNA™ 28 is the first in a line of Archer assays developed for liquid biopsy research applications.

“Digital PCR is great if you know what you’re looking for,” stated Dr. Jason Myers, CEO of ArcherDX. “But for initial identification of a mutation profile, or for detecting evolving resistance mutations, NGS casts a much broader net. The entire market is looking at liquid biopsies in order to accelerate the identification of driver mutations.”

Designed for lung and other solid tumor types, the Archer Reveal ctDNA assay includes full-exon coverage of the tumor suppressor TP53 as a general marker of malignancy. The panel also covers key activating and drug-resistance mutations in 27 different oncogenes associated with multiple solid tumor types.

The Archer Reveal ctDNA assay was designed for high-throughput laboratories and utilizes the s