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News on qPCR, digital PCR, amplification, point-of-care testing platforms in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

PathogenDx Partners With Prevenio on Food Safety System

PathogenDx has developed a technology that detects pathogen DNA found on surfaces with applications in agriculture and clinical lab testing.

Fluidigm Shares Rise on Selection of Saliva-Based COVID-19 Assay for Federal Surge Testing

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that it would use Fluidigm's saliva-based molecular SARS-CoV-2 test as part of a federal surge testing program.

FDA Reissues Emergency Use Authorization for Thermo Fisher Scientific COVID-19 Combo Kit

Thermo Fisher's test is now authorized for use with the Everlywell COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit, which enables individuals to self-collect nasal swab specimens.

LumiraDx Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for PCR-Based Coronavirus Test

The assay does not require nucleic acid extraction or purification, unlike a LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 test that received Emergency Use Authorization in August.

Coronavirus Testing Specimen Collection Devices From DNA Genotek, Clinical Enterprises Get FDA EUAs

DNA Genotek's devices are used with SARS-CoV-2 tests from Clinical Reference Laboratory and P23 Labs, while Clinical Enterprises' kit is offered by Eurofins.

Oct 16, 2020

Interdisciplinary NIST Team Claims qPCR Improvements Using Unusual Math Tweaks

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Oct 15, 2020

Novacyt Acquires Instrument Manufacturer IT-IS for £10.1M

Oct 14, 2020

OpGen Provides Additional Info to FDA on Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Panel

Oct 13, 2020

FDA Relaxes Rules for Flu, RSV Molecular Tests During Coronavirus Health Emergency

Oct 12, 2020

Wales to Routinely Screen Cancer Patients With Yourgene Elucigene Test

Oct 12, 2020

Spectrum Solutions Saliva Collection Device, Access Bio, Genalyte Coronavirus Tests Get FDA EUAs

Oct 09, 2020

India Banks on Decentralized Molecular COVID-19 Testing

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Oct 08, 2020

Omixon Gets CE Mark for SeqOnce Bio Extraction-Free SARS-CoV-2 Detection Kit, Inks Licensing Deal

Oct 08, 2020

Fluidigm to Offer Coronavirus Saliva Test to US Colleges, Universities at Low Cost

Oct 08, 2020

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorizations for Seasun Biomaterials, Zeus Scientific Coronavirus Tests

Oct 07, 2020

FDA Will No Longer Review EUA Submissions for SARS-CoV-2 Lab-Developed Tests

Oct 07, 2020

DnaNudge Signs Manufacturing Deal for Coronavirus Test Component With Jabil Healthcare

Oct 07, 2020

Abbott ID Now Study Data Confirms Test Sensitivity and Specificity

Oct 07, 2020

Luminex Preliminary Q3 Revenues Rise 35 Percent on Pandemic-Related Demand

Oct 06, 2020

RAD-X Awards Six Phase 2 Contracts for COVID-19 Testing

Oct 06, 2020

FDA Revises Hologic Emergency Use Authorization to Include Asymptomatic Testing of SARS-CoV-2

Oct 06, 2020

BioFire Diagnostics, UMass Medical Coronavirus Tests Get FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Oct 02, 2020

UK Team Enhances Real-Time PCR Multiplexing Using Data Analytics

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Oct 02, 2020

Qiagen Moves Ahead After Thwarted Thermo Fisher Buyout With NeuMoDx as Key Growth Driver

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Oct 02, 2020

LabCorp Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for SARS-CoV-2 RNA Extraction Method

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CMS Letter to Orig3n

Bloomberg reports the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent Orig3n a letter saying it has not corrected lab issues uncovered in an earlier inspection.

And After the Test

In an editorial at BMJ Opinion, two genetic counselors call for an increased focus on post-test patient care.

Faster, But Not Fast Enough

A new survey finds people in the US are getting their COVID-19 test results back faster, but not fast enough to help some viral control measures, NPR reports.

PLOS Papers on Plasmodium vivax Variation in Ethiopia, Childhood BMI Loci, More

In PLOS this week: genomic analysis of malaria parasites in Ethiopia, loci linked to childhood BMI, and more.

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Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by Mass Spectrometry

Increased DNA Yield and Reduced PCR Duplicates Using the Ionic System

Isotachophoresis Improves Nucleic Acid Extraction and Purification from FFPE Samples

A Real-Time-Assay for the fast and gel-free detection of Rhesus Weak D Type 1/1.1 to Type 3

Oct

20

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Crystal Digital PCR for Accurate Chimerism Monitoring after Stem Cell Transplantation

This webinar will discuss a new method that relies on Crystal digital PCR from Stilla Technologies to monitor chimerism in patients after stem cell transplantation, which is a key part of surveillance for impending clinical relapse.

Oct

28

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How Low Can You Go? Reduce Breeding Costs with an Optimized Genotyping and Analysis Strategy

Molecular breeding methods such as genomic selection and genome-wide association studies often require high-density genotypic data from many samples, but the cost and complexity of genotyping at this scale may be prohibitive.

Oct

29

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How to Train Your DRAGEN for Pathology Informatics

Illumina’s BaseSpace Sequence Hub (BSSH) supports primary and secondary analysis of massively parallel sequencing data and can be applied to gene panel data that is generated as part of a clinical cancer assay performed in a pathology lab.

Nov

05

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Beyond Traditional Biopsy for Esophageal Cancer: Novel Sampling Methods to Improve Patient Care

This webinar will provide an overview of novel proximal and distal sampling methods that have promise to improve patient outcomes from esophageal cancer.

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