Axxam said it will use the CRISPR technology to support the development of customized cell-based assays for targets and molecular pathways of interest.
The test is designed to detect SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid in nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab specimens from individuals suspected of having COVID-19.
A two-stage, case-control genetic association study has implicated rare variants in the PTGIS gene in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension susceptibility.
Under the EUA, the lab is authorized to detect SARS-CoV-2 in specimens collected from individuals suspected of having COVID-19 by their healthcare provider.
GenomeWeb asked a number of prominent researchers in the field via email about their top picks for notable developments or achievements in genomics during the 2010s.
Color is opening a lab dedicated to SARS-CoV-2 testing and adapting its software infrastructure to enable physicians to order tests and return results.
The panel can detect and differentiate SARS-CoV-2 and 20 other pathogens known to cause serious respiratory disease from nasopharyngeal swabs in symptomatic patients.
Using data for more than half a million individuals, researchers identified 449 refractive area-related loci, including 336 sites not linked to the eye condition in the past.
The firm delayed reporting final results due to questions of accounting irregularities but found no misconduct and made no changes to its preliminary results.
The company said the kit can provide results within 90 minutes, with sensitivity and specificity of detection reaching the level of traditional PCR methods.
The ID Now COVID-19 test is the second assay from the company to receive EUA from the FDA, following the same designation issued to the Abbott RealTime SARS CoV-2.
The approach, called Lung-CLiP, couples machine learning trained on epigenetic and clonal frequency data with the detection of alterations in blood-borne DNA.
The NxTag CoV Extended Panel is a multiplex PCR test that uses the company's bead-based NxTag technology to detect coronavirus in nasopharyngeal swab specimens.
