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New England Biolabs RUO SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Colorimetric LAMP Assay Kit

Jul 13, 2020

New England Biolabs has launched a real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplifcation-based (RT-LAMP) assay kit to detect SARS-CoV-2. The research-use-only kit, called the SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Colorimetric LAMP Assay Kit, enables visual amplification detection using a simple heat source, with results in 30 minutes. The kit includes the firm's WarmStart Colorimetric LAMP 2X Master Mix with uracil-DNA glycosylase, a primer mix targeting the N and E regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, an internal control primer set and positive control template, as well as guanidine hydrochloride to increase the speed and sensitivity of the RT-LAMP reaction.

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