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AusDiagnostics Puryx Access

Dec 20, 2021

AusDiagnostics has launched Puryx Access for high-throughput nucleic acid extraction. Puryx Access was developed as a convenient, faster option for customers who need to purify nucleic acids from 96 samples simultaneously with minimal setup time and less training, the firm said. It can be automated on the company's new MT-Prep Access instruments, which can process 96 samples in 30 minutes.

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