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New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Feb 19, 2016

Thermo Fisher Scientific MSIA Steptavidin EVO Microcolumns

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched the MSIA Streptavidin EVO microcolumns. The purification solution is designed to enable scientists to analyze large biomolecules. Housed in a pipette tip, the proprietary monolithic columns are densely coated with streptavidin for analytical affinity purification of any biotinylated affinity ligands, even at low concentration. Since the technology is incorporated into the pipette, users can analyze sample volumes as low as 10 μL, the company said.


GenBank 212

GenBank 212 is now available via ftp from the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Uncompressed flatfiles in this release require 756 gigabytes for sequence files only. The ASN.1 data requires approximately 619 GB.


Fluxion CTC Recovery Kits

Fluxion Biosciences has launched two new kits for enhanced circulating tumor cell isolation and recovery. The kits, which include the Enhanced Recovery Kit and the EMT Kit, are designed to work exclusively with the IsoFlux Liquid Biopsy system. The Enhanced Recovery Kit adds EGFR to the traditional EpCAM antibody, and the EMT Kit includes EpCAM, EGTF, and two proprietary mesenchymal phenotype antibodies. The IsoFlux system uses blood to perform a real-time liquid biopsy of the patient's cancer using the recovered CTCs, the company said.


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The Scan

Foxtail Millet Pangenome, Graph-Based Reference Genome

Researchers in Nature Genetics described their generation of a foxtail millet pangenome, which they say can help in crop trait improvement.

Protein Length Distribution Consistent Across Species

An analysis in Genome Biology compares the lengths of proteins across more than 2,300 species, finding similar length distributions.

Novel Genetic Loci Linked to Insulin Resistance in New Study

A team reports in Nature Genetics that it used glucose challenge test data to home in on candidate genes involved in GLUT4 expression or trafficking.

RNA Editing in Octopuses Seems to Help Acclimation to Shifts in Water Temperature

A paper in Cell reports that octopuses use RNA editing to help them adjust to different water temperatures.