Thermo Fisher Scientific Ion Torrent Oncomine Pan-Cancer Cell-Free and Tumor Mutation Load Assays

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched two new Oncomine assays. The Ion Torrent Oncomine Pan-Cancer Cell-Free Assay is designed for the analysis of tumor DNA and RNA for all major classes of mutations. The assay, which targets more than 50 genes across multiple tumor types, including lung, colorectal, breast, pancreatic, and thyroid cancer, requires a single vial of blood and as little as 1 nanogram of nucleic acid input material and can be completed in two days. The Ion Torrent Oncomine Mutation Load Assay sequences 409 genes using as little as 20 nanograms of DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. It is designed to improve selection strategies for immunoherapy clinical trials.