Myriad Genetics Amplify for Fetal Cell-Free DNA Sequencing
Myriad Genetics has launched Amplify, which sequences the fetal cell-free DNA fragments circulating in a mother's blood and increases the fetal fraction in a sample for non-invasive prenatal screening. The company is hoping that the technology will improve the performance of its Prequel NIPS test. The analytical validation of Amplify involved samples from more than 1,000 women and showed that the fetal fraction was 2.3 times greater on average compared to standard NIPS. The improvement reduces false positive and false negative results, including for common aneuploidies, expanded aneuploidies, microdeletions, and a baby's sex, Myriad noted. The company also said that the technology will reduce the number of sampels that fail to produce a result due to low fetal fraction and deliver results to 99.9 percent of patients.
HTG Molecular Diagnostics HTG EdgeSeq Pan B-Cell Lymphoma Panel
HTG Molecular Diagnostics has launched its HTG EdgeSeq Pan B-Cell Lymphoma Panel, which the firm said is designed to provide molecular characteriation of aggressive, indolent, and rare lymphomas. The research-use-only panel enables investigators to measure the expression of about 300 genes linked to the lymphoma transcriptome. The panel is available in kit form or as a service at HTG's VERI/O laboratory.
Twist Bioscience RUO SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Panels
Twist Bioscience is offering two new SARS-CoV-2 antibody panels for research use only.
The Twist anti-SARS-CoV-2 S1 antibody panel includes 32s human antibodies that bind with picomolar to nanomolar affinity to the S1 spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19. The Human anti-ACE2 panel includes 48 antibodies that bind to the extracellular domain of the ACE2 receptor on human cells, the protein that facilitates entry of the coronavirus into cells.
All antibodies are cloned into human antibody backbones to generate VHH Fc, IgG1, or IgG2 antibodies. Individual antibodies within the panel can be licensed for further therapeutic or diagnostic development.
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