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PCR can help you rapidly identify which samples, strains, or drugs to focus phenotypic testing on. But the utility of PCR genotyping for antibiotic resistance doesn't end there. This genetic information can form a basis for experiments involving DNA sequencing, expression profiling, and more

https://www.clentlifescience.co.uk/genotyping-antibiotic-resistance/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110863014000597
This study showed that the PCR is a specific and effective method for classifying and identifying isolates of S. aureus, which demonstrated increasing resistance against many antibiotics.

The Q32 retails for just over £10k (not £500k).

There would be no need to triage, SNPsig would be a one stop shop and you'd have your result within a couple of hours. SNPsig shall only ever detect specific variants, it will not discover previously unknown variants. Hopefully the plan shall be to use SNPsig for surge testing within known hotspots, however don't believe that this is happening yet. Don't forget the RNS (02/02/21) stated 'research use only,' nothing at this stage suggests that as yet these tests are being used upon the front line.

Nothing has been published confirming our involvement, I get that these tests are designed to support public health authorities and I hope that they are being used, however my understanding is that the standard PCR test are being sequenced at PHE labs.

Not at all, only a percentage of all positive PCR tests are sent onward to PHE lab for sequencing to identify variant/strain. Unfortunately SNPsig does not come into it at present. That's my understanding.

Versalab perhaps.

Iceland too, vaccine suspended due concerns.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/11/denmark-suspends-use-astrazeneca-vaccine-blood-clot-fears/

If only we knew what % was Primerdesign!

Not what I'd call a new contract.

Yes, you're right time to sell and look for better opportunities....have you considered deliveroo? Proposed London float values the business at £8billion despite a £317.7 million pound loss in 2019, a year in which revenues increased 62 per cent to £771.8m. The scale of its 2019 losses forced Deliveroo to take out a loan of £198m.

NCYT....nothing to see here, move along!! Let's all form an orderly quest and dive into Deliveroo.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/03/04/deliveroo-picks-london-stock-market-listing/
https://www.ft.com/content/a882d2dc-fa43-4d98-a42e-c7270ddf9b44

Talks of a windfall tax for companies that have done well during the pandemic. :(

You'd think that we were in bed with the DHSC/NHS, it would appear the much of the new product development is as a result of a request from the DHSC, clearly NCYT has a close working relationship.

https://www.cignpostdiagnostics.com/covid-19-impact Do we know whether cignpost diagnostics use Primerdesign? Certainly talking up PCR over LFT.

Coming up now , after the break.....COVID testing within the workplace.

Couple of good contracts, for instance DHSC extension and something sizeable from the US, shall propel this straight to £25, there shall be no passing go. Similar share price movement to BOTB, although without the crazy valuation, keep the faith.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/27/dunkirk-covid-19-outbreak-offers-bleak-window-future-france/
"We did not manage to detect [the variant] early enough. When we realised it we were already on very high rates," he added.

All eyes in France are now fixed on Dunkirk and other similar hotspots like Nice. Panicked health officials are warning that the overwhelmed hospitals and rising epidemic is a window into what is to come for the rest of the country as the vaccination programme is in disarray.

Opinion polls show about 58 percent of French citizens say they won't take the jab, making it the most vaccine-averse country in the world.

One step forward, yet four steps back!

over 150 countries worldwide (>150)

https://novacyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Novacyt-RD-Update-24.02.2021-correction-ENGLISH.pdf

Underlined additions to the RNS....wish I could see them!