New England Biolabs RUO SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Colorimetric LAMP Assay Kit
New England Biolabs has launched a real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplifcation-based (RT-LAMP) assay kit to detect SARS-CoV-2. The research-use-only kit, called the SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Colorimetric LAMP Assay Kit, enables visual amplification detection using a simple heat source, with results in 30 minutes. The kit includes the firm's WarmStart Colorimetric LAMP 2X Master Mix with uracil-DNA glycosylase, a primer mix targeting the N and E regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, an internal control primer set and positive control template, as well as guanidine hydrochloride to increase the speed and sensitivity of the RT-LAMP reaction.
RareCyte Orion Platform
RareCyte has launched a new spatial biology analysis platform called Orion. The system is based on a patented and proprietary microscopy technology that allows comprehensive phenotypic profiling and spatial analysis of the tissue microenvironment at what the company claims are much faster speeds and with more efficiency than existing technologies.
The platform includes the Orion instrument and associated TissuePlex reagents. The instrument images an entire pathology slide at high speed and high resolution in 21 fluorescence channels. Companion TissuePlex panels are shipped as customizable catalog labelling kits. Customers can also access the technology through RareCyte laboratory services and other specified programs.
Congenica Automation
Congenica has updated its clinical decision support platform by launching the Automated Classification of Known Variants product, Congenica Automation. This will provide automated classification as well as evidence and reporting of recurrent 'known' variants that customers observe in their rare disease cases. The new product aims to reduce interpretation and reporting time by 90 percent compared to the company's existing solution, so complex genomic data can be reported in as little as 5 minutes. For example, interpretation and reporting of 4,000 cases with recurrent pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants could be completed in 5 to 8 minutes for each case. Users of the new product can also create their own customized curated variant list to be used for the automated process.
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