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Effective buccal swab RNA extraction for COVID-19 diagnostic testing

Porvair Sciences announces a special version of its popular Homogeniser Spin Column optimized for RNA extraction from buccal swabs. A large number of current COVID-19 diagnostic tests are reliant on ...
News Medical

Researchers develop saliva testing method for SARS-CoV-2 using robotic RNA extraction

Researchers have developed an automated method of RNA extraction from saliva samples to allow faster processing times and high test sensitivity. Saliva testing could be used as an alternative to swab ...
C&EN

Shortage of RNA extraction kits hampers efforts to ramp up COVID-19 coronavirus testing

Qiagen, an international company that makes a critical part of diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus, announced this week that it is ramping up production of their RNA extraction kits in the face ...
Business Wire

COVID-19 Testing Labs Can Skip RNA Extraction, Simplifying and Accelerating Workflow, With New Promega XpressAmp™ Direct Amplification Reagents

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Laboratories testing for COVID-19 have a new tool that enables them to skip the potentially bottlenecked RNA extraction step of the workflow and move directly to ...
Business Wire

Purigen Simplifies Simultaneous Extraction and Purification of DNA and RNA from Challenging FFPE Samples

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Purigen Biosystems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation technologies for extracting and purifying nucleic acids from biological samples, today announced ...