Nucleic acid extraction just got an upgrade

Traditional workflow is complicated, risky & expensive

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Patient Sample Collection

Cold Chain Collection & Storage

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Expensive Cold Chain Transportation

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High costs

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Risk of delays

Risk of sample degradation

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Arrival at a Centralized Lab

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Dependence on electrical equipment

Labor-Intensive Manual Extraction

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Lengthy protocols

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Extract-and-Store solves traditional barriers to molecular testing

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1. Lyse

2. Bind

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A glass pipette with a blue liquid drop above a label that reads 'WaterBearBIO' and 'Extract & Store'.
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3. Wash

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Elute Immediately

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Store for 5 months

  • Safe, stable reagents: NO guanidine isothiocyanate

  • Rapid, simple protocol <3 minutes to complete

  • Instrument-free: NO centrigues, NO vortex mixers, NO freezers

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1. BioCard

Blotter Cartridge

  • Integrated cartridge is the site for elution, binding, and wash steps

  • Maximizes efficiency and minimizes handling

2. Lysis Spheres

Preloaded Chemistry

  • Contains no guanidine isothiocyanate, making it toxin-free

  • Reagents are dried within the bead matrix and can remain shelf-stable at ambient temperature

3. Buffers

Non-Toxic Extraction Chemistry Backbone

  • Core chemical components that make nucleic acid extraction kits efficient, pure, and reproducible, are also utilized here in a more efficient workflow