Bio-Techne/Asuragen AmplideX Nanopore Carrier Plus Kit

Bio-Techne subsidiary Asuragen said this week that it has teamed up with Oxford Nanopore Technologies to launch the AmplideX Nanopore Carrier Plus Kit for carrier screening research. The research-use-only kit combines AmplideX long-range PCR and nanopore sequencing long reads to directly capture large genomic variants. The 11-gene panel includes the most prevalent recommended genes — CFTR, CYP21A2, F8 inversions, FMR1, GBA, HBA1, HBA2, HBB, SMN1, SMN2, and TNXB — that can't be detected accurately with short-read sequencing methods. The kit also includes software to allow for straightforward analysis without requiring advanced bioinformatics resources, Asuragen said.