Life Technologies is helping to accelerate the detection of Influenza type A (H1N1) by providing instrument systems and other components to public health laboratories across the US.
The Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Dx real-time PCR instrument and the research-use only marketed Applied Biosystems 7500 fast real-time PCR system are being used as part of the US Food and Drug Administration Emergency Use Authorisation for use with the H1N1 virus real-time RT-PCR detection panel for the presumptive diagnosis of the virus.
Other Life Technologies products being used include: the Magmax viral RNA isolation kits for RNA purification; Superscript III Platinum one-step qRT-PCR kits for amplification of viral RNA; Taqman Influenza A detection kit 2.0 for initial Influenza type A screening; and several different capillary electrophoresis DNA sequencing systems for determining the base-by-base sequence of viral samples.