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Article: ZyGEM and Phthisis Diagnostics Partner to Produce Novel Products for the Detection of Pathogens in Complex Samples.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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ZyGEM Corp. Ltd. and Phthisis Diagnostics announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop products enabling the detection of infectious pathogens in complex samples, such as stool, blood and water. The collaboration will harness ZyGEM's advanced enzymatic nucleic acid extraction technology and Phthisis Diagnostics' molecular diagnostic expertise to provide fast, accurate and affordable solutions for obtaining high-quality DNA from infectious pathogens. The first target of the collaboration is extraction of pathogen DNA from stool, a particularly challenging sample (see also Diagnostics).
ZyGEM's technology uses a proprietary thermophilic enzyme to ...