Life Technologies has launched an Ion AmpliSeq BRCA1 and BRCA2 Panel as well as an Ion AmpliSeq Colon and Lung Cancer Panel.
The BRCA panel analyzes the coding regions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and was developed by researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center and the University of Porto. The lung and colon panel analyzes over 500 mutations in 22 genes and was developed by eight institutions, including Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center; Cancer Research Center of Mercogliano in Italy; the genetics and molecular biology division of pharmaceutical company Viollier in Switzerland; the University of Warwick in the UK; the Institut Gustave Roussy in France; the University Paris Descartes Center in France; and St James' Hospital in Dublin.