InsCer's Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory now has another technology in its molecular diagnostic platform for the new coronavirus, the automated nucleic acid extractor.

The KingFischer Duo Prime is an automated instrument for extracting RNA or DNA from biological samples that provides twice as much agility and more quality of the material analyzed in the laboratory. Through this system, a reduction in possible operational errors and a great increase in the reproducibility of the samples are some of the highlights that the PCR testing platform starts to present. In addition, the automation of the extraction system presents more consistent results and is not dependent on operators, with a potential for recovering extracted RNA of the highest quality and quantity, as it operates with a magnetic capture system for nucleic acids (RNA and DNA). < / p>

According to the researcher at InsCer and coordinator of the Laboratory, Daniel Marinowic, the automated platforms guarantee a higher quality that is observed in the following stages of the process. “We obtained a gain in the reliability of the analysis after the amplification and reduced the number of repetitions to practically zero”, he affirms.

The KingFischer Duo Prime also increases the testing capacity of InsCer's Cellular and Molecular Biology laboratory, which currently has 250 exams per day, for 400 exams per day, offering autonomy to the technical team during extractions and agility in this crucial stage of the process. "We are now studying the most optimized way of inserting the extractor into the laboratory routine, seeking to offer an even greater capacity of tests per day", reinforces Marinowic.

The equipment was donated by the Nelson Kalil Foundation as a merit and with the objective of providing agility in meeting the diagnostic demand of Covid-19.