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The Benefits of Glass BCTs

When developing critical assays, such as liquid biopsy-based cancer tests and pre-natal genetic screening kits, the composition of blood collection tu…
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FDA clearance brings liquid biopsy into a new era

With the FDA clearance of several assays, liquid biopsy moves closer toward the goal of making this screening method a standard of care. Liquid biopsy…
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How can nucleic acids predict disease?

Liquid biopsy is a diagnostic technique where bodily fluids are examined for biomarkers that suggest disease. In recent years, liquid biopsy has been …
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Why does stabilization matter?

Human blood is packed with genetic information found in circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and cell-free RNA (RNA). Liquid biopsy takes advantage of th…
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FDA drafts guidance on ctDNA

Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft guidance regarding the use of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for early-stage …
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Cleared assays advance liquid biopsy

The goal of liquid biopsy moved closer to reality in past weeks. Liquid biopsy is the use of a bodily fluid to collect information from a distant site…
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Circulating RNA and EV poster

Streck recently presented data on our new and innovative blood collection tube, RNA Complete BCT™, at the American Association for Cancer Resea…
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New tube maintains EVs and cfRNA

Streck R&D Senior Scientific Manager Nick George, Ph.D., recently presented a 15-minute talk titled “Introducing RNA Complete BCT® (RUO), a nov…
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Key development for liquid biopsy research

A recent publication from the BloodPAC group seeks to standardize pre-analytical variables for liquid biopsies. Titled “Minimum Technical Data Eleme…
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