New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Bio-Rad, Covaris, IDT, More

Bio-Rad Laboratories said that Exact Diagnostics has launched the EDX RP Positive Run Control, an unassayed external quality control for monitoring the performance of clinical respiratory assays. Bio-Rad acquired Exact Dx in the third quarter of 2019. Routine use of the EDX RP Positive Run Control allows labs to meet their individualized quality control goals, such as the evaluation of reagent lot changes and new shipments, Bio-Rad said. The control also monitors multiple identical devices and provides an evaluation of different personnel and locations. It contains 22 respiratory analytes that are internally value-assigned using Bio-Rads Digital Droplet PCR technology and is designed to test the entire process of a molecular assay, including extraction, detection, and amplification.

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Covaris Viral RNA Extraction Kits

Covaris has launched two new kits for viral RNA extraction from nasal or throat swab sample collection devices. The truXTRAC Viral RNA Extraction kit uses Puritan swabs and contains all components for the firm's adaptive focused acoustics-based extraction as well as magnetic bead-based purification of high-quality RNA from synthetic swabs. The truXTRAC-PCR Direct Viral RNA Extraction kit can be used directly in real time RT-PCR assays without prior purification, provided an internal control is included.

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Integrated DNA Technologies xGen Prism DNA Library Prep Kit

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a Danaher company, has launched the xGen Prism DNA Library Prep Kit, which is designed for challenging and low-quality samples. The kit can convert cell-free DNA and DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue into high-quality next-gen sequencing libraries. It greatly reduces adapter dimers and uses unique molecular identifiers (UMIs) for enhanced error correction.

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