PCR Platform From Dutch Firm MBS Claims 30 Cycles in Two Minutes

Nov 02, 2016

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Dutch startup Molecular Biology Systems has developed a thermal cycler that boasts amplification times of less than 10 minutes for a standard oncology molecular diagnostic, and as little as two minutes for 30-cycle PCR assays. The firm announced this week that its platform, called NextGen PCR, has been adopted by Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands for BRCA1 testing.

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