We Are Proud to Support Public Health Programs

Here at Quantabio, we are big champions of public health. It’s a field that doesn’t always get a lot of attention, but as we saw in the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential for protecting populations large and small.

As a provider of high-quality reagents for molecular biology, our commitment to innovation, reliability, and accuracy translates well to the public health sphere. More and more molecular biology techniques are being used for public health applications, such as disease detection, diagnosis, monitoring, and surveillance. Whatever the goal of the project, having high-quality reagents is essential for generating the most reliable results.

We are proud that our products — particularly reagents for PCR, qPCR, and NGS applications in molecular testing — are allowing public health experts to do their jobs more easily. Quantabio solutions have been cited in a wide range of testing protocols for viruses, bacteria, and fungi, with frequent additions for new pathogens.

For example, our reagents have been integral in rapid response programs for emerging infectious diseases. When Zika virus first began spreading, scientists used our qScript One-Step RT-qPCR Kit for an RT-PCR assay to help detect infections. Similarly, our qScript XLT One-Step RT-qPCR ToughMix and UltraPlex 1-Step ToughMix were used for COVID-19 assays, and PerfeCTa FastMix II and PerfeCTa MultiPlex qPCR SuperMix have been used in the response to mpox.

Quantabio reagents also support assays for widely circulating infectious diseases such as influenza, Candida auris, HIV, Legionella, and polio, as well as foodborne diseases such as E. coli and Salmonella. In addition, these tools have been incorporated for newborn screening assays including cytomegalovirus and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Researchers in one lab validated our Extracta™ DBS kit for the detection of SMA from dried blood spot samples.

Even public health wastewater surveillance efforts have gotten a boost from Quantabio’s suite of products. Scientists like Zach Aanderud, a biogeochemist at Brigham Young University, have used our Q qPCR cycler and qScript XLT 1-Step RT-qPCR ToughMix to search for signs of COVID-19 in wastewater.

Learn more about the use of Quantabio products in public health and check out the full list of applications where our reagents are helping scientists make a difference.

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