• sma snm1 snm2 kit
    8th December 2020News

    Whitepaper: Interpreting Variants with the AmplideX® PCR/CE SMN1/2 Plus and SMA Plus Kits

    The AmplideX® SMA Plus kit is an in vitro nucleic acid amplification kit for the determination of SMN1 and SMN2 exon 7 copy number. The kit utilises a PCR assay that amplifies [...]

  • hla typing
    10th September 2020News

    Understanding Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) and the Importance of HLA Typing

    What is HLA? HLA stands for Human Leukocyte Antigen: a molecule that is present on almost every cell type in the human body.  HLA has a central role in coordinating immune responses [...]

  • 20th August 2020SMN1/2 Analysis

    Watch: Rapid, Comprehensive, and Complete SMN1/2 Profiling with the AmplideX® SMA Plus Kit (CE-IVD)

    Asuragen recently showcased their latest product developments via a live corporate satellite and scientific poster presentation at the European Human Genetics Virtual Conference ESHG 2020.2, which ran from June 6-9. The videos [...]

  • 29th June 2020SMN1/2 Analysis

    Webinar – Broad SMN1 and SMN2 profiling with the AmplideX® PCR/CE SMN1/2 Plus Kit

    Looking Beyond Copy Number: Broad SMN1 and SMN2 profiling in under four hours with the AmplideX® PCR/CE SMN1/2 Plus Kit (RUO)  Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neurodevelopmental illness caused by a loss of SMN1 copies with disease severity [...]

  • 16th June 2020BCR-ABL1 Monitoring

    Webinar – The QuantideX® qPCR BCR-ABL IS Kit: A BCR-ABL Monitoring System that Meets and Exceeds Clinical Expectations for Testing

    Clinical expectations for BCR-ABL monitoring have evolved over time both in response to more sensitive tests being developed and new treatments and management approaches emerging. Largely in response to these medical advances, many [...]

  • Getting to know VH Bio’s new HLA tech specialist, Nav
    10th June 2020BCR-ABL1 Monitoring

    How the QuantideX® qPCR BCR-ABL IS Kit Provides a Simple, Sensitive, and Scalable BCR-ABL Monitoring Solution for a Laboratory

    To mark the launch of the ground-breaking Quantidex® QPCR BCR-ABL IS Kit, manufacturer Asuragen held a series of three webinars. We covered the first two webinars here and here, so head there [...]

  • 1st May 2020NGS, AllType

    AllType™ FASTplex™ – Combining Multiplex PCR with Workflow Simplicity

    Whilst most molecular HLA typing methodologies remain relatively static, next-generation sequencing (NGS) has tended to evolve quickly as product manufacturers respond to user suggestions, reagent development and changes in sequencing technology.  One [...]

  • 14th April 2020BCR-ABL1 Monitoring

    Analytical Validation of a BCR-ABL1 Monitoring System that Surpasses Current Testing Requirements

    To mark the launch of the ground-breaking Quantidex® QPCR BCR-ABL IS Kit, manufacturer Asuragen held a series of three webinars. We covered the first webinar here, so check that out first if [...]

  • 8th April 2020COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

    Viral Molecular Transport Medium for Safer, Faster, No Cold Chain Shipping and Testing During COVID-19

    Quality molecular testing for the 2019 SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus requires optimised components at every stage of the testing process, beginning at sample collection. VH Bio is now able to offer a state-of-the-art [...]

  • 26th March 2020News

    Improve mental wellbeing during self isolation with the VH Bio CoLrIn BOOK

    VH Bio recently designed a Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics-themed 'VH Bio CoLrIn BOOK' that was not just for fun - it was also to help promote mental wellbeing. Now, due to COVID-19 forcing [...]

  • 23rd March 2020COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

    VH Bio offers Asuragen Armored RNA Quant® SARS-CoV-2 Control assays in UK

    VH Bio is supporting the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic with the addition of a new Asuragen-developed Armored RNA Quant® SARS-CoV-2 Control to its range, for use in developing assays in response [...]

  • 14th February 2020BCR-ABL1 Monitoring

    The Evolution of CML Patient Care and the Promise of Treatment-Free Remission – Webinar

    To mark the launch of the Quantidex® QPCR BCR-ABL IS Kit, manufacturer Asuragen held a series of three webinars that examine the evolving clinical landscape around CML, as well as the history [...]