MAKO Medical Forges Partnership with the CDC
North Carolina lab to provide nationwide next-generation sequencing of COVID-19 samples for identification of mutations and variants
May 13, 2021 13:58 ET | Source: MAKO Medical MAKO Medical Raleigh, North Carolina, UNITED STATES
Raleigh, North Carolina, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) MAKO Medical Laboratories, a national reference laboratory and leader in COVID-19 testing, today announced a comprehensive partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide next-generation sequencing of SARS-CoV-2.
Since January 2021, MAKO has utilized sequencing processes to analyze a group of more than 2,500 samples from tests conducted across its forty-three state testing footprint. To date, these efforts have identified the occurrence of multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and B.1.429 variants, across 25 states.
Anajane Smith, clinical laboratory manager
The clinical laboratory at The University of Texas at Arlington’s North Texas Genome Center has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest organization of board-certified pathologists and a leading provider of laboratory accreditation and proficiency testing programs.
In collaboration with the Texas Genomics Alliance and UT Southwestern, the North Texas Genome Center offers high-speed and low-cost library preparation, sequencing and bioinformatic services to enhance the biotechnology and biomedical research communities.
The accreditation certifies the laboratory’s capacity to conduct high-quality research and testing on human specimens for health assessments or to diagnose, prevent or treat disease.
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