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10x Genomics: Barcode-Enabled Antigen Mapping (BEAM)

Nov 09, 2022

10x Genomics has launched Barcode-Enabled Antigen Mapping (BEAM,) a kit for antibody and T-cell receptor discovery on the company's Chromium single-cell immune profiling platform. The kit provides hundreds of antigen-receptor pairs with single-cell gene expression data, and is designed to enable screening of multiple antigens against thousands of B or T cells to identify novel and rare antigen-specific repertoires. 10x is accepting preorders for BEAM and expects to begin shipping in December.

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