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Omega Bio-tek Named Honoree of the 2022 Georgia Fast 40 – Second Consecutive Year

On May 18, 2022, Omega Bio-tek, Inc. was announced as one of the 40 honorees of the 2022 Georgia Fast 40 class. This will be the second year in a row Omega Bio-tek has received this honor. Omega Bio-tek is an industry-leading manufacturer of nucleic acid purification kits, and the company has experienced a significant […]

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Omega Bio-tek Announces Earning ISO 13485:2016 Certification

Omega Bio-tek Earns ISO 13485 Medical Devices Quality Management Systems Certification From NSF International Strategic Registrations (NSF-ISR) NORCROSS, GA. JANUARY 26, 2022 Omega Bio-tek, a leading nucleic acid purification kit manufacturer, announced today that the company received ISO 13485:2016 certification for Medical Devices- Quality Management Systems. This certification is an internationally recognized standard for a

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High-throughput, 384-well Plate-based Solution for Plant DNA Isolation

Up to 768 fresh, frozen, or dried plant tissue samples can be processed in approximately 1.5 hours.   NORCROSS, GA. JANUARY 06, 2022 Omega Bio-tek, a leading nucleic acid purification kit manufacturer, announces its new plant genomic DNA purification kit, the E-Z 384 Plant DNA HT Kit. The new 384-well silica filter plate-based kit is

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SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA Extraction in 15 Minutes for Magnetic Processors 

Omega Bio-tek’s New Fast Protocol for the Mag-Bind® Viral RNA Xpress Kit Aims to Help Laboratories Extract Viral RNA Faster Norcross, GA September 14, 2021 – Omega Bio-tek, a leading nucleic acid purification kit manufacturer, announces a 15-minute protocol for their Mag-Bind Viral RNA XPress Kit for magnetic processors. The new fast protocol was designed

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Omega Bio-tek’s New Automation-Ready, Prefilled 96-Well Plates Kit Aims to Increase Convenience of DNA Purification

NORCROSS, GA., AUGUST 05, 2021 – Omega Bio-tek, a leading nucleic acid purification kit manufacturer, releases an automation-ready, prefilled DNA extraction kit for magnetic processors to purify DNA faster and easier than before. The convenient Mag-Bind® Blood & Tissue DNA HDQ Prefilled 96 Kit comes prefilled with magnetic beads, reagent plates, and tip combs and

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Omega Bio-tek Announces Facility Expansion To Accommodate Growth

NORCROSS, GA, Dec. 7, 2020 – Omega Bio-tek, Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of nucleic acid purification kits, is announcing a new facility acquisition in response to the increased demand for the company’s DNA/RNA purification kits and automation support services. The new building investment will bring the total square footage of Omega Bio-tek’s facilities to over

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Omega Bio-tek Launches a New Viral RNA Extraction Kit for COVID-19 Testing with Production Capacity for 6 Million Tests A Month

NORCROSS, GA, June 8, 2020 — Omega Bio-tek, Inc. announces the launch of the Mag-Bind® Viral RNA Xpress Kit for the rapid and reliable isolation of Viral RNA from nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens that are dry or in viral transport media (VTM). The new kit aims to combat the shortage of RNA purification kits, which

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Two Georgia Companies Unite to Provide Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing

Norcross, Ga., 05/01/2020 – Omega Bio-tek announces collaboration with Ipsum Diagnostics in the fight against COVID-19. Omega Bio-tek will supply its Mag-Bind Viral DNA/RNA 96 Kit as a vital element in Ipsum Diagnostics’ approved RT-PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 assay.  The US Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Ipsum Diagnostics for RT-PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 testing

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Optimized Extraction of Insect Genomic DNA for Long-Read Sequencing

Methods & Protocols: The USDA Agricultural Research Service Center presented a rapid and reproducible method to obtain long genomic DNA with high quality from insect pupae for long-read sequencing. Brenda Oppert, Samantha Stoss, Alayasha Monk, and Tim Smith showed that by using the Omega Bio-tek E.Z.N.A.® Insect DNA Kit, they were able to achieve consistent and

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Omega Bio-tek’s Mag-Bind® cfDNA Kit Offers More Flexibility in Circulating DNA Purification

NORCROSS, Ga., Aug. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Omega Bio-tek announces the extended capabilities of Mag-Bind® cfDNA kit (M3298), enabling scientists to process 1 to 8 mL samples and to obtain cfDNA fragments as short as 50 bp in a high-throughput workflow. The automated solution is capable of extracting cfDNA from 48 samples of 8 mL cell-free fluid in

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