June 2020 - Rapid Labs

Viruses and bacteria successfully inactivated by virusPHIX, vivoPHIX and genoPHIX RNA stabilisation reagents

RNAssist Ltd., is a technology development company based in Cambridge UK specialised in biomolecule stabilisation and microbial inactivation. The range includes genoPHIX™ (for large tissue samples), vivoPHIX™ (for work involving single cell analysis) and virusPHIX™ (for the safe transport and handling of virus samples). Our lead product virusPHIX™ has been shown to stabilise RNA, DNA [...]

Ian Christopher2020-06-25T16:50:15+01:00June 23rd, 2020|

Zika Virus Successfully Inactivated Using VivoPHIX

The Pasteur Institute has successfully demonstrated inactivation of the Zika Virus using vivoPHIX™: To determine the ability of vivoPHIX™ to inhibit ZIKV in mosquito tissue sample, ZIKV-infected mosquito midguts were dissected at 6 dpi. Mosquito midguts were then chopped into 3-4 small pieces then transfer into vivoPHIX™. Samples were then treated at 4 degree Celsius [...]

Ian Christopher2020-06-17T16:16:26+01:00June 17th, 2020|

New vivoPHIX publication in Current Osteoporosis Reports

Single-cell analysis is an expanding technology offering unique perspectives into transcriptional functions of individual cells. In contrast with bulk RNAseq that analyses the entire RNA content of a biological sample regardless of the cell of origin of the transcript, scRNA-seq first relies on the successful isolation of live cells from the sample, and separation of [...]

Ian Christopher2020-06-10T14:42:49+01:00June 10th, 2020|

Why you should consider using a guanidine-free RNA stabilisation reagent

What is Guanidine? Guanidine, also known as guanidinium, GTC and GHCL is a chaotropic agent that denatures and unravels proteins and nucleic acids. It can be used to separate RNA from DNA through the denaturation of nucleases (eg RNAse), stabilising both the RNA, DNA and proteins. This chaotropic property of guanidine makes it a [...]

Ian Christopher2020-06-05T12:12:13+01:00June 5th, 2020|