Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of its Applied Biosystems TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel, a customizable menu of 22 verified real-time PCR assays for identification of SARS-CoV-2 mutations. These assays enable surveillance of variants that are causing COVID-19 infections in specific regions globally and allow laboratories to choose which mutations to track.
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Positioned as Screening Platform for Efficient Use of Private, State and Federal Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Resources to Enhance Variant Testing
Newly Developed PCR Panel Detects Specific Mutations to Focus Limited NGS Capacity on Most Impactful Variants of SARS-CoV-2
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (the “Company”), a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing, today announced the launch of its Linea™ COVID-19 Selective Genomic Surveillance™ (SGS) Mutation Panel (the “SGS Panel”) to enhance the utility of limited Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) resources in the United States to track better the SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) at local, state, and federal levels. The SGS Panel uses a matrix of proprietary quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays that target salient mutations that characterize relevant identified VOCs to narrow the selection of positive samples worth subjecting to NGS