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Analytik Jena's qTower³ Thermal Cycler

Oct 06, 2015

Analytik Jena has introduced the qTower³ real-time PCR thermal cycler. The system has silver block technology and boasts homogeneity of ±0.1 degrees Celsius over the 96-well block. It is available as a stand-alone device withn an integrated tablet or as a PC-based system, and includes software with a broad spectrum of optimized analysis algorithms including absolute and relative quantification, melt point analysis, delta-delta Ct method, PCR efficiency measurement, allelic discrimination, and endpoint determination, the company said.

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