Pyrosequencing AB
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
German Armed Forces purchases bench-top PSQ 96 system for typing and validation of bacteria and viruses used to produce biological weapons, such as anthrax and smallpox. Additional European defense organizations have expressed interest in the system, the Swedish firm announced Nov. 29. The single nucleotide polymorphism technology for identification and quantification of short DNA sequences, which offers results in as little as 10 minutes and costs about $90,000, is currently being used for research purposes and environmental testing. In the future, Pyrosequencing expects to partner with labs to develop clinical assays for a wide range of indications...