The deal is expected to help Takara Bio Group expand its presence in next-generation sequencing library preparation and other markets.
Agilent will offer Rubicon's amplification kits alongside one of its pre-screen kits, both of which are used in reproductive health testing.
The deal is expected to broaden Takara's portfolio of products for next-generation sequencing library preparation and genetic analysis.
The agreement will allow Rubicon offer Curio's software as a commercial bioinformatics solution for its ThruPlex Tag-seq library preparation kits.
The license covers SomaGenics' RealSeq-AC technology, which is designed to reduce library preparation bias in order to improve small RNA quantification.
The partnership with the consulting firm follows a series of distribution agreements Rubicon has inked for both the US and international markets.
The deal gives Beckman Coulter non-exclusive distribution rights in the US and Canada to the NGS library preparation kits for cell-free DNA in plasma.
The firm announced distribution agreements with Delonix Healthcare in India and Biocena in Poland, but did not provide financial or other details.
The non-exclusive deal enables Eurofins to distribute all of Rubicon's products in Canada and the US.
Gene editing could be an issue competitive sports need to address soon, four researchers from Arizona State University write at Slate.
A genetic alteration appears to increase heart failure risk among people of African descent, according to the Washington Post.
In his look back at the past decade, BuzzFeed News' Peter Aldhous writes that direct-to-consumer genetic testing has led to "Facebook for genes."
In Nature this week: genetic "clock" that can predict the lifespans of vertebrates, new assembler called wtdbg2, and more.
