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Boreal to Offer OnTarget Tumor Mutation Detection Through Clinical Partnerships; Broaden Assay
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Over the last two years, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company has been offering the assay as a service to academic and pharmaceutical researchers.
NIST, Applied Research Associates Develop Method to Purify DNA from Crude Samples for STR Analysis
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Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Applied Research Associates have published a study demonstrating an improved microfluidic technique to purify, concentrate, and quantify DNA from clean and soil-contaminated buccal swabs prior to STR analysis.
Boreal Genomics Developing Sequence-Enrichment Tech as DNA Purification Platform Nears Market
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Boreal's prototype platform can differentiate and enrich for sequences that differ by one nucleotide from as many as 10,000 copies of background DNA. The company believes it has potential for use in clinical applications.
FLIR's Chem-Bio Detection group, formerly known as ICx Biosystems and GHC Technologies, hopes to beta test its first platform, a multiplex PCR- and antibody-based "sample-to-answer" detection system, by the end of the year. The team is also working with Boreal Genomics to develop a universal lysis and sample prep platform.
Dec 16, 2010
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