MGI, a member of global genomics leader BGI Group, has expanded its DNA sequencing and laboratory automation products available in Latin America, signing agreements with top distributors in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico. Through these experienced partners, MGI will be able to immediately offer its products for the research, clinical/diagnostics and other markets. Distributors have acquired MGI sequencers and other instruments to offer local demonstrations and train...

The nucleic acid test of 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, now was named as COVID-19 suggested by WHO) is an essential reference for clinical diagnosis and discharge of patients, and an important evidence for whom with close contact to confirmed case under quarantine to be released. The "Huo-Yan " laboratory with daily testing capacity of 10,000 samples can provide sufficient testing capabilities for Wuhan and surrounding cities, for the diagnosis of patients with fever, the screening of...

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, nucleic acid testing has been an important diagnostic basis for clinical diagnosis, release from isolation, and rehabilitation and discharge from hospital. With the further development of the epidemic situation, the anti-epidemic "battlefield" needs to face more complex areas and usage scenarios, and has further requirements for detection equipment and technology. In order to meet the needs of "mobile real-time detection,” MGI has ...

Last month, Wang Jian, co-founder and chairman of BGI Group, went to the frontlines to support prevention and control of the 2019-nCoV outbreak in Wuhan. "Precise nucleic acid testing is an important basis for clinical diagnosis and discharge of recovered patients, as well as ending isolation of contacts,” he said, pointing to the urgent need for a testing center that can process a large volume of samples daily. On February 5, the Huo-Yan Laboratory, an emergency test laboratory run by B...

On February 5, the Huo-Yan Laboratory, an emergency test laboratory run by BGI and designed to handle 10,000 samples daily to detect 2019-nCoV, officially started trial operation in Wuhan. The lab will greatly increase the speed of testing novel coronavirus cases so that suspected infections can be eliminated or confirmed as soon as possible. The Huo-Yan or “Fire Eye” laboratory was jointly established by the Wuhan Municipal Government, Wuhan East Lake High-Tech Development Zone,CCCC S...

On February 2 Professor Peng Chengzhong, deputy director of the Remote Ultrasound Medical Center at Zhejiang Province People's Hospital in Hangzhou, used MGI's ultrasonic robot to evaluate a suspected patient with the novel coronavirus 60 kilometers away in Tongxiang. "The pleural line is smooth, the pleural sliding signs are visible, the B line of the lungs is increased,” Dr. Peng said, reading the screen to assess the condition of the patient remotely. Since the outbreak of new coron...