Assay quickly identifies mutation found in U.K. SARS-CoV-2 N501Y PASADENA, Calif. — SeqOnce Biosciences, Inc., announced today the launch of its new AzureSeq One-Step Universal RT-qPCR kit for the detection of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 N501Y variant. The AzureSeq One-Step Universal SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR N501Y kit uses a single-tube reaction targeting the N1 nucleocapsid gene, both […]
The funding is led by VisVires New Protein (Singapore), with EIT Food (Belgium) joining the round Renens (VD) – Swiss biotech company SwissDeCode has closed its first venture round, raising CHF 3.7M from VisVires New Protein (VVNP) and EIT Food (Europe’s leading food innovation initiative). The new funding comes after a recent award of €2.5M […]
Digital PCR for COVID-19 wastewater testing overcomes limitations of traditional PCR Wastewater surveillance testing can quantify COVID-19 in populations and track mutations Custom QIAcuity One-Step Viral RT-PCR Kit supports wastewater testing applications Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN today announced the addition of kits for wastewater testing to its growing portfolio of COVID-19 products. The […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — OmniSeq®, an innovator in next generation sequencing in oncology, today announced its collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to employ its RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) gene expression profile assay for selecting immunotherapy combinations for patients in a Phase II clinical trial for patients with Recurrent/Metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Swift Biosciences of Ann Arbor, MI has released a targeted gene panel that covers 100% of the SARS-CoV-2 S gene, even with limited viral titers. The Swift Normalase® Amplicon SARS-CoV-2 S Gene Panel (SNAP) eliminates the need to perform qPCR for library normalization. A pioneer in the development of DNA and RNA library preparation […]
SAN DIEGO – Level 10 Construction completes a cGMP space for TriLink Biotechnologies, which has fueled the development of COVID-19 diagnostic test kits and vaccines by providing high-quality and efficient delivery of mRNA, capping reagents, oligonucleotides, and NTPs. This will be the second construction that Level 10 Construction has completed for TriLink Biotechnologies including GMP and […]
As adoption of scRNA-seq in industry and academia accelerates, Parse Biosciences (formerly Split Bio) offers the most flexible and scalable single cell sequencing kit, no custom instrument needed Seattle, WA: Split Biosciences, a company providing researchers scalable and flexible single cell sequencing solutions, today announced $7M in Series A funding. The funding round was led […]
Initiative to promote the benefit of using Thermo Fisher Scientific’s library prep kits with SPT Labtech’s instruments to help reduce reagent and material requirements for high-throughput genome sequencing CAMBRIDGE, UK – The cost of library preparation is one of the biggest obstacles to large next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies, slowing down the pace of insights […]
We concur with the court’s ruling that Illumina’s European Patent (EP) 1 828 412 to methods of sequencing by synthesis using ascorbic acid is invalid for obviousness and that MGI’s CoolMPS sequencing method does NOT infringe this patent, and also the finding that MGI’s CoolMPS sequencing does NOT infringe the EP 2 021 415 to […]
SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court, issued a judgment in its favor in the patent infringement suit filed against the BGI Companies, MGI Tech Co. Ltd; Latvia MGI SIA; MGI International Sales Co., Ltd; and BGI Complete Genomics Hong Kong Co., Ltd. […]
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