STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics, Clonit, Italian Institute Develop Prototype POC Ebola MDx
The portable analyzer runs an RT-qPCR-based Ebola assay and takes about 75 minutes to detect the presence of the virus from whole blood.
Affymetrix of Santa Clara, Calif., has received US Patent No. 8,586,312, "Methods of using an array of pooled probes in genetic analysis." The patent describes arrays of polynucleotide probes patterned in three discrete regions.
Veredus Laboratories, a Singapore-based molecular diagnostics company, last week launched VereTrop, a biochip that the firm claims can identify 13 major tropical diseases from a single blood sample, including dengue fever, malaria, chikungunya disease and hand, f
Affymetrix last week launched its Axiom high-density genotyping arrays for genome-wide evaluation of microRNA target sites.
Abbott Laboratories has been awarded US Patent No. 8,099,243, "Methods for quantifying a concentration of a target nucleic acid."
Eric Shain, John Clemens, Tzyy-Wen Jeng, and George Schneider are named as inventors on the patent.