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Nanotrap Virus Particles capture and concentrate coronavirus OC43 for improved RT-PCR detection
16 Mar 2020In this application note, Ceres Nanoscience explains how they used Nanotrap Magnetic Virus Particles to capture and concentrate CoV-OC43 virus from spiked viral transport media prior to RNA extraction. This application note highlights how Nanotrap particle processing also enables detection of CoV-OC43 in samples with concentrations at or below the limit of detection.
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Ceres Nanosciences, Inc.The Ceres Nanosciences Nanotrap® Virus Capture Kit provide a way to concentrate viruses from complex biological matrices in order to have high quality input material for your downstream analytical methods
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