Qiagen launches 100 new assays for its digital PCR to study cancer

Qiagen announced an important milestone with the launch of 100 new assays for its digital PCR, dPCR, platform QIAcuity for use in the study of cancer, inherited genetic disorders, infectious disease surveillance, and food and environmental monitoring. These new assays are available through QIAGEN’s comprehensive GeneGlobe platform which integrates pre-designed assays with a database of more than 10,000 biological entities including genes, miRNAs, and pathways…”This important expansion of the menu for QIAcuity digital PCR underscores how QIAGEN is addressing the urgent needs of our customers for new solutions to help use this powerful technology in research and applied testing applications,” said Nitin Sood, Senior Vice President, Head of the Life Sciences Business Area at QIAGEN. “QIAcuity is proving to be a valuable tool for a broad range of applications requiring accurate and sensitive detection of genetic targets, driving the development of new multiplexed assay capabilities. Our efforts won’t stop here as we look to further expand QIAcuity into clinical and biopharma applications as well as new areas of Life Sciences research.”