Karolinska University Hospital Genetic Analysis Services

The Mutation Analysis Facility (MAF) at Karolinska University Hospital is launching a range of genetic analysis services targeting the European research and clinical market and focusing on areas such as cancer profiling for solid tumors and liquid biopsy, as well as pharmacogenetics. MAF has ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for core methods by the Swedish SWEDAC authority, and will offer a broad portfolio of services including genome-wide analysis, targeted epigenetic analysis, and DNA methylation for precision medicine research and clinical decision making. Karolinska highlighted in particular its SNP genotyping expertise, noting that it uses MALDI-TOF analysis performed on Agena Bioscience's MassArray platform to simultaneously genotype several SNPs for both small- and large-scale applications.