On October 15, 2021 Stilla Technologies, the multiplex digital PCR company, reported that researchers from SAGA Diagnostics in presenting a 24-plex digital PCR assay generated on Stilla’s six-color naica system (Press release, Stilla Technologies, OCT 15, 2021, View Source [SID1234591401]). To mark the platform’s global commercial launch at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2021 Virtual Meeting, Stilla’s Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer Rémi Dangla, PhD, and researchers from SAGA Diagnostics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and University of Athens highlighted the new data during a discussion on how highly sensitive, multiplex digital PCR technology is transforming complex genomic data into actionable insights across a breadth of research and clinical applications.
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The six-color naica system is the industry’s first digital PCR system featuring six fluorescent channels, providing biomedical researchers and clinicians the highest multiplexing and detection capacity available on the market. Scientists are already using Stilla’s technology to advance their research and discovery across wide applications including cell and gene therapies, cancer and liquid biopsy studies, infectious disease detection including SARS-CoV-2 variant detection in wastewater, and food and environmental testing. Additional information on six-color digital PCR can be found here: www.stillatechnologies.com/6-color-dpcr.
"Modern genetics increasingly relies on more complex signatures from scarce samples to inform on a variety of biological events such as early and residual disease detection, drug mechanism of action and efficiency in patients or full characterization of products for use in gene and cell therapy. Building upon the well-established three-color naica system’s ease-of use and transparency of data delivered, our six-color naica system is democratizing digital PCR and enabling the world’s most powerful platform of its kind," said Dr. Dangla. "From quantifying circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in liquid biopsies for oncology, to detecting low-level genetic variants in infectious diseases, multiplex digital PCR is allowing researchers to parse complex genomics data to gain real-world, clinical insights at both the patient and the population level."
Registered ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper)G 2021 attendees are encouraged to tune in here to join Dr. Dangla and other scientists from Stilla Technologies at the following upcoming sessions:
Presenter: Rémi Dangla, PhD, Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer
Topic: Democratizing digital PCR to bridge the gap between genomics data and genetics insights
Time: October 20, 2021, at 9 AM EDT
Presenter: Kimberley Gutierrez, PhD, Field Applications and Scientific Support Manager
Topic: User-friendly high-plex digital PCR for absolute quantitation of genetic targets
Time: October 21, 2021, at noon EDT