Applied Biosystems launches new family of real-time PCR reagent kits

Applied Biosystems has launched a new family of real-time PCR reagent kits.

According to the company, the TaqMan Cells-to-CT Kit solutions will enable researchers to perform cell-based gene expression research with increasing rapidity as they are specifically designed to reduce the amount of time that is typically necessary to prepare and analyze RNA from cultured cells using real-time PCR.

The new streamline workflows offered by the reagents eliminate the time-consuming step of RNA purification and reduce the intensive process of preparing samples to ten minutes or less, compared to 30-60 minutes.

"The development of these new reagents demonstrates Applied Biosystems’ continued strategic focus on bringing high-quality, application-specific solutions for real-time PCR to market," said Peter Dansky, president of Applied Biosystems’ functional analysis division.

He added that the company’s customers are beginning to derive new applications for real-time PCR and that Applied Biosystems plans to keep providing them with tailored differentiated research solutions.

Applied Biosystems provides the life science and research community with instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services.

It reported sales of approximately $2.1 billion during fiscal 2007