Over the past few years nucleic acid based methods have
revolutionised parasite diagnostics in modern clinical microbiology
(CM) labs. Real-time PCR is really gaining a foothold in CM labs, but
despite the opportunity for plexing, mostly only up to 6 DNA targets
can be included in each assay (due to the number of available
channels).
LUMINEX xMAP technology used for detection of specific nucleic acids (Dunbar, 2006) bypasses this limit, and up to 100 DNA targets can be included in one single assay in a 96-well plate format. You can read about the technology here.
LUMINEX xMAP technology used for detection of specific nucleic acids (Dunbar, 2006) bypasses this limit, and up to 100 DNA targets can be included in one single assay in a 96-well plate format. You can read about the technology here.
