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Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced an update to its Applied Biosystems TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel to enable direct detection of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant. The panel is designed with a customizable menu of real-PCR genotyping assays to accurately identify known SARS-COV-2 variants in just over an hour. South African researchers first ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Color Health, a health technology company committed to advancing public health, have launched a significant expansion of the K-12 ReadyCheckGo COVID-19 testing solution in Texas. The program, formed in agreement with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), is now available to all school districts in the state. ...
For research applications requiring highly precise genome editing, including engineering CAR T cells and creating cellular models for disease discovery, the Invitrogen TrueCut HiFi Cas9 Protein* significantly minimizes off-target events while retaining maximum on-target editing efficiency. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the new protein to complement its growing portfolio of CRISPR genome ...
The system's software comes with preconfigured run, analysis and report settings to reduce the risk of manual errors and improve efficiency. ...
At CPhI Worldwide 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase its newest capabilities across its global pharma services network which help pharmaceutical and emerging biotech companies accelerate time to market in a wide range of modalities and platforms including cell and gene therapies, drug products and biologics. CPhI 2021 begins with a virtual conference through November 5, 2021 and an ...
Sara Carillo, biopharmaceutical application development team leader, National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), said, "As we continue to utilize mass spectrometry methods within QC environments, supporting the accurate and reliable analysis of therapeutics, there is a need for connected, compliance-ready solutions that can help streamline the transfer of ...
Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, public health laboratories and researchers have been developing surveillance methods using wastewater to control the spread of COVID-19. The effort has helped identify asymptomatic carriers on college campuses to monitor regional spread among communities and capture emerging mutations ahead of potential future outbreaks. To support these efforts, Thermo Fisher ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the launch of Gibco Cell Therapy Systems (CTS) NK-Xpander Medium, a GMP-manufactured cell culture medium that supports large-scale growth and culture of functional natural killer (NK) cells with or without the use of feeder cells. This is the first medium from Thermo Fisher specifically designed to support expansion of NK cells for cell therapy ...
ASHI 2021 -- At the annual meeting for the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) this week, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced two new additions to its transplant diagnostics portfolio. These new products will enable transplant laboratories to better characterize samples and bring speed and confidence to the transplant laboratory. More than 100,000 adults are now on a ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., (NYSE:TMO) the world leader in serving science, today announced continuing support for The Just Project, a national initiative to provide COVID-19 testing to students, faculty and staff across more than 60 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) at no cost. A $7.5 million commitment for the 2021-2022 school year will once again provide diagnostic ...
To support clinical research needs using next-generation sequencing (NGS), Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced it is accepting new submissions for its Oncomine Clinical Research Grant. The latest call for proposals aims to provide funding for clinical research programs that leverage NGS in solid tumors and hematology-oncology applications. The Oncomine Clinical Research Grant awards ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval to Thermo Fisher Scientific's Oncomine Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic (CDx) to help identify non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients whose tumors carry epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Exon20-insertion mutations for potential treatment with RYBREVANT (amivantamab-vmjw)*, Janssen Biotech, Inc.'s ...
This week, Thermo Fisher Scientific will highlight its investments and innovations over the past 12 months across its global pharma services network, which have been focused on areas of accelerated demand including cell and gene therapy, drug product development, biologics manufacturing and clinical supply chain services. These highlights will be showcased this week at Virtual DCAT Week. "This ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that Alan Sachs, who has served as chief scientific officer (CSO) since 2016, will assume the newly established role of chief medical officer (CMO) and will be succeeded by Karen E. Nelson, previously president of the J. Craig Venter Institute. Both will join the company leadership team in August 2021. ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced a collaboration with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to promote and distribute Thermo Scientific MAS Quality Controls and LabLink xL Quality Assurance Software for use with Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VITROS analyzers. Through this agreement, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics customers will have complete access to MAS third-party ...
The media are optimized for higher titers, are scalable and customizable and come with process consultation and data analysis to expedite media optimization and cGMP manufacturing. The easy-to-use Applied Biosystems resDNASEQ Quantitative Plasmid DNA - Kanamycin Resistance Gene Kit* offers an all-in-one solution for precise and rapid measurement of residual plasmid DNA. ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of a new CE-IVD-marked COVID-19 test. The TaqPath COVID-19 Fast PCR Combo Kit 2.0. expands Thermo Fisher's menu of highly accurate tests that detect active SARS-CoV-2 infections. The kit uses an advanced assay design which compensates for current and emerging variants by using eight total targets across ...
In addition, it features state-of-the-art technology including high throughput automation tools for cell line and process development, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based multi-attribute methodology for critical quality attributes analysis, and design of experiment tools for high throughput screening." ...
Assay for Genexus System Coming Soon To further expedite NGS analysis of SARS-CoV-2 and to help meet growing customer demand, Thermo Fisher has begun optimizing the Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay for the Ion Torrent Genexus System.* Launched in November 2019, the company's newest sequencing platform automates the entire targeted NGS workflow and can deliver ...
This will be of particular benefit to scientists working in the areas of biopharma, clinical, food analysis and academia. "Protein separation, purification and analysis are crucial components in biotherapeutic development, but the process can be complex and challenging," said Eric Grumbach, director, pharma/biopharma, chromatography and mass spectrometry, Thermo ...