Biocartis Microsatellite Instability Assay Validated by MSKCC, Dartmouth Researchers

Nov 08, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Separate research teams from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) last week presented unpublished validation studies on Biocartis' Idylla microsatellite instability assay, demonstrating its ability to detect traces of tumor mutations in a variety of cancers such as endometrial and colorectal carcinoma.

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