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BGI Oseq Hereditary Cancer Panel

Apr 01, 2019

BGI Americas has launched the Oseq Hereditary Cancer Panel (HGP), an assay that is designed to identify known and emerging tumor biomarkers for 17 cancer types and to support clinical trials of anti-cancer drugs. The panel, which runs on the MGISEQ-2000, Illumina HiSeq 2500, and Illumina HiSeq 4000 systems, looks for germline variants in the exons of up to 115 target genes. It covers mutations in the BRCA 1/2 genes that are contained in the proprietary BGI Hereditary Cancer Genetic Database v1.0, which integrates results from more than 30,000 clinical tests. The assay has been clinically validated in BGI's CAP-accredited and CLIA-certified Hong Kong laboratory and is currently being reviewed for accelerated IVD approval by the China National Medical Products Administration.

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