Cambridge, UK, 25 September 2017: Horizon Discovery (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Company”), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, today announces the launch of OncoSpan, a novel cell line-derived multiplex DNA Reference Standard to support the validation of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) assays.
OncoSpan, the world’s largest multiplexed oncology control, featuring 385 variants across 152 key cancer genes, has been specially designed using bioinformatics and droplet digital PCR, to help drive faster, easier, and more complete validation of oncology gene panels and exome sequencing assays. Horizon’s expert team has extensively characterized the background genome of OncoSpan using high coverage exome sequencing, which is provided to customers as batch-specific exome sequence data.
Horizon is, for the first time, also offering an online companion NGS QC solution called OncoMatic, developed in partnership with Euformatics to support the large amount of data generated through OncoSpan. Access to OncoMatic will ...
