Life science & clinical diagnostics instruments > DNA & RNA

Medical gauze can identify shark species following attacks

29 August, 2024

Injury dressings found in first-aid kits can be used to identify shark species involved in bite incidents, by being used to gather DNA samples from equipment such as surfboards.


Norgen EXTRAClean series RNA Isolation Kits

01 August, 2024

Norgen Biotek introduces the EXTRAClean series of RNA isolation kits, designed to provide better representation of small RNA species from exosomal and cell-free RNA samples.


Omega Bio-tek MagBinder Fit24 Nucleic Acid Purification System

30 July, 2024

Omega Bio-tek has announced the MagBinder Fit24, its first piece of hardware for labs isolating DNA or RNA from various sample types for downstream analysis.


Liquid biopsy analysis helps improve cancer monitoring

24 July, 2024

Researchers have developed a liquid biopsy method that sequences and analyses DNA fragments circulating in the blood of cancer patients.


Takara Bio PrimeCap T7 RNA Polymerase (low dsRNA)

22 May, 2024

The polymerase is designed to remove both the technical and financial barriers to the successful production of mRNA therapeutics, having been genetically engineered to maintain high-performance RNA synthesis activity while reducing dsRNA production to less than 10%.


Epigenetic signature helps to diagnose rare breast tumour

02 February, 2024

The current way of diagnosing phyllodes tumours is to analyse their cellular features under a microscope, but this technique means they can be misdiagnosed.


New England Biolabs NEBNext UltraShear FFPE DNA Library Prep Kit

01 December, 2023

The NEBNext UltraShear FFPE DNA Library Prep Kit (NEB #E6655) is a solution for working with challenging formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples in molecular labs.


New England Biolabs NEBNext UltraExpress DNA and RNA Library Prep Kits

01 December, 2023

Designed by New England Biolabs (NEB), the cutting-edge kits offer researchers a novel approach to library prep, said to reduce time, labour and consumables while maintaining high quality.


Novel test detects hard-to-find cervical cancers

18 September, 2023

The test appears sensitive for detecting cervical adenocarcinoma — which accounts for up to 25% of cervical cancer cases — as well as its precursor lesions, adenocarcinoma in situ.


Abnova FISH probes for cancer research

09 August, 2023

Abnova provides a collection of fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) probes targeting various potential prognostic biomarkers for oncology.


One BioMed X8 HMW DNA Cartridge Kits

04 August, 2023

The cartridge kits provide an out-of-the-box, automated platform for extraction of HMW DNA from a myriad of sample types.


DNA data storage on a 'biological camera'

14 July, 2023

A so-called 'biological camera' harnesses living cells and their inherent biological mechanisms to encode and store data in DNA, bypassing the constraints of current DNA storage methods.


tRNA biomarkers used for cancer diagnosis and prognosis

12 May, 2023

Spanish researchers have developed a new method to measure tRNA abundances and their modifications in a simple, cost-effective manner.


MP Biomedicals SPINeasy DNA Pro Kit for Soil

11 January, 2023

MP Biomedicals' SPINeasy DNA Pro Kit for Soil has been carefully designed for the isolation of pure microbiome genomic DNA from challenging soil types, including those with low biomass or those highly contaminated.


Trust your gut — advances in microbiome DNA analysis

07 December, 2022

Ortho-Analytic identifies the bacterial, fungi and parasite DNA found in stool samples using molecular genetic analyses, helping to build a detailed picture of a patient's gut microbiome.


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