How to select an effective nucleic acid isolation method for human diagnostics

How to select an effective nucleic acid isolation method for human diagnostics

Molecular testing protocols for pathogen detection and diagnosing human diseases require reliable and high-quality isolation of genetic material from diverse sample types. There are many extraction and purification technologies available. Before deciding which isolation method best suits your application, read this blog that walks you through key considerations...

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AMP conference 2022: Developing a 5-minute point-of-care PCR test

Posted on Wed, Jan 11, 2023 @ 08:15 AM

We were delighted to attend the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2022 annual meeting, held in Phoenix, Arizona ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2, Disease detection, Human healthcare

Make your diagnostic workflows more adaptable

Posted on Mon, Jun 06, 2022 @ 02:47 PM

Since early 2020, diagnostic laboratories have had to manage patient sample quantities being in a state of flux. Demand ...
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Topics: SARS-CoV-2, Nucleic acid extraction, Disease detection, Human healthcare, Applied agrigenomics, General science

Pandemic reflections: Adapting to testing priorities

Posted on Tue, Apr 05, 2022 @ 04:55 PM

What’s changed for clinical labs as we enter the third year of COVID-19 testing? COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
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Topics: SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare

Society can’t handle the caveats to each type of COVID-19 test

Posted on Fri, Feb 11, 2022 @ 04:58 PM

But measurement science could help steer us in a better, more informed direction COVID-19 tests can indicate the ...
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Topics: qPCR, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare, General science

Pandemic reflections: in the face of SARS-CoV-2 variants, COVID-19 testing remains essential

Posted on Tue, Jan 11, 2022 @ 12:00 PM

What’s changed for clinical labs as we enter the third year of COVID-19 testing? COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
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Topics: SARS-CoV-2

Pandemic reflections: unprecedented demand drives COVID-19 test developers to get creative

Posted on Tue, Dec 28, 2021 @ 09:30 AM

What’s changed for clinical labs as we enter the third year of COVID-19 testing? COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
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Topics: SARS-CoV-2

Technical bulletin: Omicron impact on SARS-CoV-2 mutation analysis and investigation

Posted on Thu, Dec 23, 2021 @ 11:45 AM

The emergence of the Omicron lineage has quickly escalated to be a variant of concern by the World Health Organization ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare

Pandemic reflections: the world is short staffed

Posted on Tue, Dec 21, 2021 @ 06:52 PM

What’s changed for clinical labs as we enter the third year of COVID-19 testing?
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Topics: SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare

Ensuring our diagnostic assays detect the Omicron variant

Posted on Thu, Dec 09, 2021 @ 04:24 PM

On 22 November 2021, The Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa detected a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, named the ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2

Streamlining diagnostic workflows for common respiratory diseases, such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza and RSV

Posted on Tue, Nov 30, 2021 @ 04:29 PM

A fourth wave of COVID-19 has already emerged in many countries and a newly classified variant of concern, Omicron ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2, Disease detection

Technical bulletin: SARS-CoV-2 mutation analysis and investigation

Posted on Thu, Oct 14, 2021 @ 05:01 PM

SARS-CoV-2 mutations and associated new variants are being reported regularly in the media and scientific literature. ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2

Can COVID-19 testing be made more sustainable during prolonged uncertainty?

Posted on Mon, Sep 27, 2021 @ 02:36 PM

In September 2021, Delta persists as the most prevalent variant worldwide1 due to its high infectivity, causing surges ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, qPCR, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare, General science

Tips for early-stage MDx companies launching new tests during COVID-19 times

Posted on Thu, Sep 02, 2021 @ 02:00 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic brought tremendous change to the molecular diagnostics (MDx) industry, delivering opportunities ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare

Wastewater surveillance: a critical tool in pandemic management

Posted on Tue, Aug 31, 2021 @ 09:48 AM

As SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to threaten public health, officials are looking beyond clinical tests to track ...
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Topics: SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare

Technical bulletin: Emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutations and their effect on the immune response

Posted on Wed, Aug 18, 2021 @ 03:45 PM

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants of interest are defined by agencies such as the World Health ...
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Topics: SARS-CoV-2

Genomic surveillance: 3 techniques to detect and characterise SARS-CoV-2 variants

Posted on Wed, May 19, 2021 @ 11:34 AM

As the global population gains greater access to vaccines for COVID-19, scientists and health officials continue to ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare, General science

How do SARS-CoV-2 variants affect PCR assays for COVID-19 testing?

Posted on Tue, May 04, 2021 @ 11:03 AM

Researchers have identified several variants of SARS-CoV-2 since they sequenced the original viral strain responsible ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare

Building resilience into SARS-CoV-2 testing workflows: considerations for choosing an RNA isolation method

Posted on Wed, Oct 21, 2020 @ 11:00 AM

Clinical and diagnostic labs worldwide are still experiencing supply chain challenges with their SARS-CoV-2 testing ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare, General science

Pressing COVID-19 testing issues of today and the near future

Posted on Wed, Aug 26, 2020 @ 09:57 AM

Following up with the panelists from our recent COVID-19 webinar, Part 3 of 3 In the previous two blog posts in this ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2

Sensitivity and accuracy in COVID-19 testing

Posted on Wed, Aug 19, 2020 @ 09:56 AM

Following up with the panelists from our recent COVID-19 webinar, Part 2 of 3 In the face of a rapidly evolving ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2

Scaling up COVID-19 viral testing

Posted on Wed, Aug 12, 2020 @ 09:47 AM

Following up with the panelists from our recent COVID-19 webinar, Part 1 of 3 The COVID-19 pandemic has presented ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2

Enabling a rapid response to COVID-19 by Honeywell and LGC, Biosearch Technologies

Posted on Wed, Jul 29, 2020 @ 02:40 PM

As countries worldwide begin to ease lockdown restrictions during the pandemic and prepare to return to “normal” ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, qPCR, SARS-CoV-2

Robust supply chains and open testing systems: How our AgBio roots meet the FDA's EUA process to enable solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on Tue, May 19, 2020 @ 10:18 AM

It may seem strange that a company known for transforming the global seed breeding industry is uniquely positioned to ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, qPCR, SARS-CoV-2

Behind the scenes: How our oligo synthesis team contributes to the reliability of your assays

Posted on Thu, Apr 30, 2020 @ 04:13 PM

We’re not rejecting you, just your oligo PCR is arguably one of the most enabling technologies of modern molecular ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Oligo synthesis and modifications, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare, General science

When you don’t need an EUA for SARS-CoV-2 testing

Posted on Fri, Apr 10, 2020 @ 05:00 PM

On March 25, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held the first of a series of virtual town halls they will ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2

Addressing COVID-19 together: LGC, Biosearch Technologies and Shanghai Liferiver Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Posted on Tue, Mar 31, 2020 @ 12:13 PM

In the nearly three months since the first confirmed case of COVID-19, the outbreak has become a global crisis, with ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Oligo synthesis and modifications, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2

What diagnostic test makers and CLIA labs in the US need to know about Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)

Posted on Tue, Mar 24, 2020 @ 01:58 PM

*Since the original publication of this blog, LGC Biosearch Technologies is now the only acceptable commercial supplier ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2, Human healthcare, General science

Coronavirus outbreak: Collaboration to meet the challenge

Posted on Mon, Mar 16, 2020 @ 02:30 PM

Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is an infectious virus that is spreading rapidly around the world and the World Health ...
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Topics: Molecular diagnostics, Genomics, SARS-CoV-2

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