OraSure Partners with Mars Petcare in One of the Largest Ever Microbiome Studies to Evaluate Pet Health
14 9월 2022 - 8:05PM
OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR), a global leader in
point-of-care and home diagnostic testing and sample collection
technologies, announced today a new collaboration between
Diversigen, Inc., a subsidiary of OraSure Technologies, and Mars
Petcare, which will help researchers better understand pet health.
As part of the MARS PETCARE BIOBANK™ project, Diversigen will
sequence microbiome samples from cats and dogs of all breeds and
breed makeups in efforts to improve pet care.
“This collaboration will utilize Diversigen’s
specialized metagenomics service that uses curated databases to
improve sample analysis,” said Kathleen Weber, President of
Molecular Solutions for OraSure Technologies. “Our team of expert
scientists and bioinformaticians will help researchers involved in
the project improve the understanding of canine and feline
microbial community composition and function.”
Samples collected as part of the biobank study
will be analyzed and Diversigen will sequence the DNA of the
microorganisms in the sample. Using those results in conjunction
with other data, Mars Petcare scientists will then generate
insights about what cat and dog microbiomes look like over time,
including on health and disease.
“Diversigen’s unique capabilities to evaluate
the microbiome with precision and consistency made them an ideal
partner for this study,” said Darren Logan, Head of Research at
Mars Petcare’s Waltham Petcare Science Institute. “We believe this
type of research will ultimately play an important part in
scientific discovery aimed at improving pet health.”
About OraSure
TechnologiesOraSure Technologies empowers the global
community to improve health and wellness by providing access to
accurate, essential information. OraSure, together with its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, DNA Genotek, Diversigen, and Novosanis,
provides its customers with end-to-end solutions that encompass
tools, services and diagnostics. The OraSure family of companies is
a leader in the development, manufacture, and distribution of rapid
diagnostic tests, sample collection and stabilization devices, and
molecular services solutions designed to discover and detect
critical medical conditions. OraSure’s portfolio of products is
sold globally to clinical laboratories, hospitals, physician’s
offices, clinics, public health and community-based organizations,
research institutions, government agencies, pharma, commercial
entities and direct to consumers. For more information on OraSure
Technologies, please visit www.orasure.com.
About DiversigenDiversigen,
Inc. is a subsidiary of OraSure Technologies, and provides
consultative end-to-end solutions for extraction, sequencing,
bioinformatics, and statistical analysis for the study of the
microbiome of living organisms and environments. Diversigen
operates a state-of-the-art CLIA and CAP accredited laboratory
deploying a variety of techniques to extract high quality nucleic
acids from a multitude of sample types for subsequent metagenomics
analysis. Diversigen’s flexible sequencing and computing capacity,
combined with ongoing improvements in analytic tools and their
applications, allows for customized project-specific strategies.
For more information, visit www.diversigen.com or contact
info@diversigen.com.
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