STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN，Mar. 26, 2021 -The weeklong ISU (International Skating Union) World Figure Skating Championships (the Championships), an Olympic qualification event, is held in Ericsson Globe arena in Stockholm, Sweden from 23rd to 28th of March. The world’s top figure skaters from around the world have travelled to Sweden to compete for the title of world champion in men's singles, ladies’ singles, pairs, and ice dance. The event is the largest sporting event in the country since COVID-...

China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association issued China’s First General Specifications for Container Nucleic Acid Testing Laboratories (T/CIQA 16-2021) and General Specifications for Mobile Nucleic Acid Testing Laboratories (T/CIQA 17-2021) on March 22. During the COVID-19 pandemic, MGI’s nucleic acid testing container labs have played an important role in scaling up the capability of COVID-19 testing and facilitating the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic. MGI...

SHENZHEN, Mar. 18, 2021 --MGI, a global life-science technology innovator, lends a hand to resource-restrained African countries in response to the surge of local COVID-19 cases. New COVID-19 variants have emerged in Africa causing growing concerns globally. In a recent study published in Nature, the scientists expressed fear that these new variants show less effects to the current vaccines, and reinfections may be more likely. The study also found that the South Africa variant has shown ...

SHENZHEN, Mar. 2, 2021 --WHO has called on many countries to “build and boost”genomic surveillance. MGI is actively joining hands with leading research collaborators contributing to the genomic surveillance in multiple countries.In March 2020, the Korea Institute of Basic Sciences RNA Research Center and Seoul National University released the high-definition mapping of the COVID-19 transcriptome and epigenetic transcriptome generated from MGI’s DNBSEQ-G50 platform. In Genomic Sequencin...

This “Local + mobile” one-stop nucleic acid testing platform consists of Guiyang Novel Coronavirus nucleic acid testing base (local lab) and MGI container lab (mobile lab). After sample preparation, the test results are available in 4 hours. Guiyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention Guiyang City Testing Base - MGI Three Platforms Providing Powerful Technology support Thanks to the integrated package of MGISTP-7000 high-throughput automated sample transfer processing system com...

In response to the interim ruling by the Hong Kong High Court on 25 February 2021 regarding Illumina’s patent lawsuit against MGI, MGI makes the following statement: MGI welcomes the court’s decision not to issue an injunction. We respect the court’s judgement and will abide by the undertaking that we made to the court. It should be noted that we have initiated an antitrust lawsuit against Illumina in the United States as a result of its illegal acquisition of patents, and this lawsuit...