Almac Diagnostics PNPLA3 Genotyping Kit

Almac Diagnostics has launched the PNPLA3 Genotyping Kit for liver disease research. The qPCR kit can be used to genotype the PNPLA3 gene from blood or buccal swab specimens with a hands-on time of less than 30 minutes. It includes three genotyping assay controls to ensure confidence for researchers in allelic assay calls, Almac said. The kit is designed to enable researchers to identify genetic risk factors to understand the underlying genetic predisposition to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease better, to investigate how the I148M variant of the PNPLA3 gene influences disease severity and fibrosis progression, and to develop future targeted therapies through better disease population understanding, the company said.