Thermo Fisher updates SARS-CoV-2 panel to detect omicron

LabPulse.com staff writers
Dec 20, 2021
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Thermo Fisher Scientific is updating its Applied Biosystems TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel to detect the omicron variant.

The panel is designed with a customizable menu of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) genotyping assays to identify known SARS-CoV-2 variants in over an hour, the company said. It is also compatible with real-time PCR instruments already commonly used in laboratories around the world.

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