Life Technologies QuantStudio 3D Digital PCR System

Life Technologies Corporation has announced the QuantStudio 3D Digital PCR System. The benchtop platform features a simple workflow with minimal hands-on time. Designed with scalable architecture, the system’s first-generation chips enable up to 20,000 data points in a single run - coverage that satisfies the needs for most digital PCR applications.

The simple workflow and chip-based platform reduce the risk of sample contamination and loss of DNA normally associated with droplet-based systems. The technology is suitable for accurately detecting rare mutations important in cancer or infectious diseases. It is also used as a mechanism to perform quality-control experiments on next-generation sequencing libraries.

The platform is the latest addition to a growing line of QuantStudio digital qPCR instruments. It complements the QuantStudio 12K Flex Real-Time PCR System, which is claimed to provide the highest throughput capability for digital PCR on the market.