During the global COVID-19 outbreak, BioEcho developed a rapid extraction protocol that reduced the isolation of SARS-CoV-2-RNA to just a few minutes. Currently, BioEcho offers a CE-marked viral RNA/DNA extraction kit and is implementing automated solutions that will allow customers to increase their diagnostics throughput.
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Increase viral RNA extraction throughput with automation
Sponsored PublicationsDuring the global COVID-19 outbreak, BioEcho developed a rapid extraction protocol that reduced the isolation of SARS-CoV-2-RNA to just a few minutes. Currently, BioEcho offers a CE-marked viral RNA/DNA extraction kit and is implementing automated solutions that will allow customers to increase their diagnostics throughput.
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