PCR
News on qPCR, digital PCR, amplification, point-of-care testing platforms in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
FDA Clears Promega Microsatellite Instability Test System
The OncoMate MSI Dx Analysis System is used to diagnose Lynch syndrome, a hereditary condition that increases cancer risk.
Study investigators found that patients with ctDNA-positive results after surgery were at higher risk of bladder cancer recurrence than those who were ctDNA-negative.
AmoyDx PCR Panel Receives Japanese Approval as CDx for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapies
The Japanese MHLW approved the real-time PCR-based test as a CDx to detect four driver genes for nine associated NSCLC targeted therapies.
Saga Diagnostics, University College London Cancer Institute Widen Cancer Collaboration
Saga will use its digital PCR-based SagaSafe assays to analyze hundreds of clinical tissue samples from the TRACERx and PEACE studies.
Nucleix, MD Anderson Partner on Methylation-Based Lung Cancer Dx Tests
The collaborators will initially evaluate methylation markers that they believe are important for characterizing lung cancer subtypes.