{"id":14351,"date":"2021-04-23T09:14:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/?p=14351"},"modified":"2021-04-23T09:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:14:37","slug":"bio-rad-launches-sars-cov-2-variant-rt-pcr-assays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/bio-rad-launches-sars-cov-2-variant-rt-pcr-assays\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio-Rad launches SARS-CoV-2 variant RT-PCR assays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14346 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SARS_CoV_2_genetics-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"SARS-Cov_2 variants of concern - assays from Bio-Rad\" width=\"520\" height=\"260\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SARS_CoV_2_genetics-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SARS_CoV_2_genetics-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SARS_CoV_2_genetics-705x353.jpg 705w, https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SARS_CoV_2_genetics.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bio-Rad Laboratories has introduced SARS-CoV-2 Variant RT-PCR Assays for research use only (RUO). The assays can detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including P.1, B.1.351, and B.1.1.7, by distinguishing specific mutations using reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) often prior to a next generation sequencing (NGS) workflow for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>With the emergence of several SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, public health researchers are looking for a quicker way to track the spread of these variants in a population. Laboratories that use NGS to track COVID-19 variants can detect these mutations more quickly and cost-effectively with the SARS-CoV-2 Variant RT-PCR Assays to more rapidly prioritize which samples to submit for NGS.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For more information, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/xshlb.smtpclick.com\/tracking\/qaR9ZGD5AwRmAmDkAwZlBGp0BQD4ZPM5qzS4qaR9ZQbkDD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bio-rad.com\/COVIDVariantSurveillance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio-Rad Laboratories has introduced SARS-CoV-2 Variant RT-PCR Assays for research use only (RUO). The assays can detect SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including P.1, B.1.351, and B.1.1.7, by distinguishing specific mutations using reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) often prior to a next generation sequencing (NGS) workflow for confirmation. With the emergence of several SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[49,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14353,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14351\/revisions\/14353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}