Automated Workflow Optimized for Quality, Quantity, Speed, Simplicity, and Protection Reno, Nevada – Hamilton Company and Zymo Research Corporation today announced that the MagEx STARlet assay ready workstation is now available pre-scripted with the Quick-DNA/RNA™ Viral MagBead Kit protocol to extract pure DNA/RNA from the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. The jointly developed automated solution offers significant advantages compared to […]
Vienna, Austria – Lexogen GmbH, a Vienna based Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and transcriptomics company, receives funding from the Austria Research Promotion Agency (FFG) for the development of a novel SARS-CoV-2 test method for mass screening. The company has already developed and commercialized multiple methods for high throughput RNA analysis and will base the test on its QuantSeq-Flex Targeted […]
SAN DIEGO– Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) is pleased to announce that the African Union Commission, on behalf of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is receiving a $1.4 million donation of our sequencing systems and related consumables intended to expand SARS-CoV-2 sequencing capabilities and capacity in ten African countries, including the Democratic […]
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA & ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. Illumina, Inc. has donated sequencing systems and related consumables to the African Union Commission through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to strengthen SARS-CoV-2 sequencing capabilities and capacity in 10 African countries. The cargo arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week and the equipment is being […]
IPSWICH, Mass. — New England Biolabs (NEB®) today announced a transition to a 100% recyclable alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) for shipment of most of its products. The new packaging was developed by TemperPack, a U.S. company that focuses on providing sustainable solutions for cold chain shipping. While fully recyclable, this new packaging maintains the proper shipping […]
CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) announced today the launch of a novel enzyme master mix (Inhibitor Tolerant 1-step RT-qPCR Mix) that eliminates the need to use an RNA extraction kit prior to running the patient sample through a molecular assay. By eliminating this step, total assay cost is lower and processing times for […]
SAN DIEGO – TriLink BioTechnologies®, a Maravai LifeSciences company and a leader in the production of nucleic acids for research, diagnostics and therapeutics applications, and Imperial College London, a public research university located in the United Kingdom, announced today that they have entered into a partnership in which TriLink will manufacture self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) for […]
Providing customers with a versatile, scalable, sample-to-report workflow Bringing comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) one step closer to the standard of care in oncology, Illumina is now shipping TruSight™ Oncology 500 ctDNA (TSO 500 ctDNA), our first liquid biopsy solution for detecting cancer biomarkers, and TruSight Oncology 500 High-Throughput (TSO 500 HT), enabling high-throughput implementation by large […]
ID NIMBUS Presto Assay Ready Workstation Integrates Thermo Scientific KingFisher Presto Purification System with Hamilton Microlab NIMBUS for Rapid Processing of Casework Samples SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Forensic scientists now have access to the new ID NIMBUS Presto assay ready workstation, a rapid and easy-to-use automated DNA sample preparation system designed to extract nucleic acids from evidentiary crime […]
BioChek, the specialist company to offer innovative and user-friendly veterinary diagnostic tools, today announced the successful acquisition of BIOTECON Diagnostics, specialised in development and manufacturing of PCR-based solutions for food safety diagnostics. The merger creates a new, leading global player in veterinary and food safety solutions, targeting mainly the markets of meat, egg, dairy, infant […]
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