A study published this week in CELL strongly suggests that the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) cases first identified in China are linked to wild animal trading at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.

In the Cell article, Débarre and colleagues from Sorbonne University, the University of Arizona, the Scripps Research Institute, and elsewhere described the use of reverse-transcription quantitative PCR, metagenomic sequencing, SARS-CoV-2…

GenomeWeb, tracking the top 40 companies providing ‘omics and molecular diagnostics related products, reported today that August showed a very slight increase in performance.  As a whole the collection of stocks increased just over 1/2 % with fewer than half showing improved performance month over month.  The challenged sector remains stubbornly flat in the near term but may be…

Today, Illumina and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced a new research partnership to advance single-cell sequencing and accelerate adoption of high-capacity single-cell experiments, leveraging Illumina’s Fluent technology. As part of their work together, Illumina and the Broad will partner on the development and validation of new kits to catalyze large-scale PeturbSeq CRISPR screening.

Thermo Fisher Scientific said earlier this month that it conducted a restructuring in the first six months of 2024 that included headcount reductions and facility consolidations to streamline operations. According to the company’s most recent quarterly filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the measures affected approximately 1 percent of its workforce. ~ Source: Genome Web

Flow cytometry is a powerful method available to scientists studying Immunology, cell biology, cancer, infectious disease, and many other areas of research to investigate processes such as cell function, cell types, target identification, protein function and cellular interactions. As life science suppliers continue to improve products and services in the flow cytometry market, flow cytometry experiment kits and reagents…

Protein electrophoresis is a commonly used technique to separate proteins and is often followed by in-gel staining and/or  western analysis to detect the proteins of interest. With a wide variety of applications in proteomics, ranging from protein characterization to protein quantification and applications in other areas such as clinical diagnostics and verification of in vivo and in vitro protein…

Nucleic acid amplification (NAA) is one of the most commonly performed molecular biology techniques and is a necessary precursor to a range of methods from gene cloning and site-directed mutagenesis to the quantitative analysis of gene expression. As life science suppliers continue to improve products and services in the nucleic acid amplification market, nucleic acid amplification kits and reagents…

Next generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation is a crucial step in the NGS workflow. Product evolution in this area has been swift – from original laborious, multi-day protocols requiring reagents from several suppliers, to complete kits optimized for low input, challenging sample types and automation-ready formats. Powerful and continually evolving methods are currently employed by scientists in basic and…

To keep the global research community and research product suppliers informed on the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research efforts Percepta fielded the first COVID-19 Impact survey on April 3, 2020.  This survey was re-fielded, with the addition of several questions, on May 1, 2020 and once more on June 1, 2020.

CRISPR technology is a simple yet powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. Its many potential applications include correcting genetic defects, treating and preventing the spread of diseases and improving crops. As life science suppliers continue to improve products and services the CRISPR gene/genome editing market, represents a significant…