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Twist Bioscience Synthetic SARS-CoV-2 RNA Controls

Mar 12, 2020

Twist Bioscience has made two synthetic SARS-CoV-2 RNA controls available for use in quality control in the development and validation of next-generation sequencing- and reverse-transcription PCR-based tests.

The sequence-verified controls are designed to cover the full viral genome of two specific virus variants: MN908947.3, considered the reference genome, isolated from a patient in Wuhan, China, and MT007544.1, isolated from a patient in Australia.

Twist noted that customers purchasing synthetic controls are subject to the firm's biosecurity screening protocols.

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