Empirical Bioscience, (formerly known as Syzygy Biotech™), a company that produces high-grade PCR reagents and enzymes, announced today that it has introduced FlashTaq Hot-Start Taq DNA Polymerase, a ...

AT ISSUE: Promega Corp.'s sale of Taq polymerase for PCR has riled Hoffmann-La Roche. It's David vs. Goliath in a battle of biblical proportions over the patents for a crucial enzyme in molecular ...

Researchers find that the DNA polymerase Taq is not as accurate as was once thought, giving new insight into the dynamics of DNA replication.

After the original Taq polymerase patents were deemed unenforceable, reagent manufacturers turned their focus to improved enzymes and hot-start methods to add value.

Proofreading enzymes are generally more finicky than Taq or enzyme blends. To address this problem, Invitrogen's AccuPrime Pfx DNA polymerase is a P. kodakaraensis polymerase in a mix containing ...

Hoffmann-La Roche's patent for naturally occurring Taq DNA polymerase —obtained from the bacterium Thermus aquaticus, which lives in hot springs — is invalid because it is not a novel ...

Finnzymes has launched a novel hot start DNA polymerase that outperforms every Taq-based hot start polymerase on the market.

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The agreement with Roche includes, but is not limited to, additional enzyme patent rights further PCR improvement patent rights and pathogen specific patent rights. In addition, QIAGEN obtained a ...

Enzymes are crucial for speeding up slow chemical reactions. Anyone who has worked in a genetics lab is familiar with a common enzyme called Taq polymerase, because it's a reliable workhorse that can ...

Many PCR-based molecular diagnostic tests utilize a hot-start thermostable DNA polymerase. The hot-start format of these Taq DNA polymerase products are preferred because of their ability improve ...