nanopore sequencing
Cepheid, Oxford Nanopore to Broaden Use Case for Nanopore Sequencing in Infectious Disease Testing
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The firms are developing a workflow that will include Cepheid's sample and library preparation, nanopore sequencing, and automated data analysis.
ESCMID Presenters Make Case for Clinical Implementation of Metagenomics for Infectious Disease Dx
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In a session at the conference, multiple researchers presented data on their implementation of metagenomic sequencing for diagnostic use cases.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Cepheid Partner for Automated Pathogen Sequencing
The two firms aim to develop an end-to-end solution to simplify the nanopore sequencing workflow and eventually enable expanded clinical use.
Variantyx Combines Long Nanopore, Short Illumina Reads for Rare Disease Whole-Genome Diagnostic Test
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The firm recently launched the Genomic Unity 2.0 assay, which it claims is the first commercial diagnostic rare disease test to include nanopore sequencing.
The company’s research-use-only AmplideX Nanopore Carrier Plus kit can interrogate 11 genes underpinning nine common carrier screening conditions.