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Twist Bioscience Human Sample ID Kit

Oct 18, 2022

Twist Bioscience has launched its Human Sample ID kit to enable researchers to track samples through the lab workflow. The kit can help prevent mixups in complex workflows and can be integrated into Twist NGS workflows. Sample ID can distinguish between samples that are genetically related, such a family trios. It requires a single PCR reaction with 2 µl of whole blood.

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