DNA Software PanelPlex

DNA Software has released PanelPlex, a cloud-based product designed to aid with multiplexing of molecular diagnostics for infectious disease. Customers may use the product directly through cloud computing, or may opt to have DNA Software conduct design work using the product. Features of the product include automated assay design for a particular species among a panel of its variants and its near neighbors; wet-lab-validated results; and inclusivity and exclusivity "panels" for diagnostic quality design, according to the company's website.