Don’t Let Your Omicron Genes Drop Out: The Value of Variant-Specific Assays in Detecting New SARS-CoV-2 Strains
The recently reported Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a 69-70del mutation in the S-gene (which codes for the spike protein). This implies that the S-gene is not detected on PCR tests. The World Health Organization (WHO) in a statement on November 26, 2021, stated that this S-gene “dropout” or S-gene target failure (SGTF) could be […]
Seegene Rapidly Introduces New PCR Test that Identifies the Omicron Variant, its Stealth Version, and all VOCs in a single tube
The new assay identifies positive COVID-19 cases and distinguishes between Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron and its Stealth version. Published on: PR Newswire Seegene Inc. (KQ 096530), South Korea’s leading molecular diagnostics company, today unveiled another series of diagnostic test that detects the ever-changing COVID-19 variant landscape. The Novaplex™ SARS-CoV-2 Variants VII assay addresses Omicron and […]