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Asuragen AmplideX PCR/CE HTT Kit

Asuragen said today that it has launched its AmplideX PCR/CE HTT kit. The tool detects CAG trinucleotide repeats within the HTT gene, which are linked to the development of Huntington disease. According to the firm, the kit offers a streamlined, single-well PCR workflow that allows researchers to detect and size expansions with greater than 200 CAG repeats in about six hours. The kit provides all necessary reagents to size the expansion using 10 ng of DNA isolated from whole blood samples. The assay also addresses sample zygosity and preserves the CAG repeat profile in the presence of adjacent SNPs. The assay runs on Thermo Fisher Scientific Applied Biosystems Genetic Analyzers, including the 3130, 3500, and 3700 platforms.