iSWAB Microbiome Collection Media: Supporting Home Collection…
READ MORE"Compatible with most commercially available extraction kits to generate high-quality DNA." To help customers utilize their preferred DNA extraction kits, Mawi DNA Technologies conducted a study to test buccal swab samples obtained from iSWAB™-DNA-250 with four commonly used DNA extraction kits to compare their ability to yield high-quality, high-quantity DNA.…
READ MOREMawi DNA Announces Dr. Bouzyk as New Board Member!
It is with great delight and excitement that we announce that Dr. Mark Bouzyk has joined Mawi DNA Technologies’s board as a scientific advisor! Dr. Bouzyk has a distinguished career in genomics with a long list of impressive accomplishments and contributions. We are honored and humbled to add him…
READ MOREAlternative to Blood Samples For Cancer Patients
Immunocompromised patients are often subjected to blood testing at a weekly or biweekly schedule to monitor treatment and health screenings. Mawi understands that these patients may be weary of constant visits to a hospital or clinic due to exposure of potential pathogens. We offer an…
READ MORELooking to Improve Your Success Rate Downstream for DNA Sequencing
When it comes to whole genome sequencing (WGS), customers are reporting a success rate of greater than 95% when utilizing Mawi DNA’s iSWAB-DNA sample collection devices. Here’s what’s different and why it matters. Bacterial DNA in WGS leads to reduced sequencing coverage, false positive variations, bias…
READ MOREMan’s DNA Replaced By His Donors After Transplant
A recent New York Times article reported that Chris Long (a bone marrow transplant recipient) learned that "Swabs of his lips and cheeks contained his DNA — but also that of his donor." This is the exact reason that Mawi DNA Technologies has always chosen…
READ MOREThe Mawi DNA Story – “Out of pain comes resolve”
In the video above, Dr. El-Fahmawi shares a personal experience of his child having serious ailments as a baby. She was severely ill and doctors had a difficult time diagnosing the issue. Going through the traumatic experience resulted in the creation of the company, Mawi DNA. Dr. El-Fahmawi saw that…
READ MORESpit DNA Collection Limitations Magnifies Genomics Research Diversity Issue
We have been advocating that the diversity in genomics research is an issue since Mawi DNA’s inception in 2014. Interestingly, in late 2018 and now 2019 several publications came out to describe this issue in greater details. Unfortunately, such gap of genetic data hinders progress…
READ MOREAutomation-Friendly RNA Purification Chemistry for Mawi iSWAB-RNA-v2 by MAGBIO Genomics
Click here for the link to the full article. Supporting Data: RNA-Extraction-from-iSWAB-RNA-v2-with-HighPrep
READ MOREWhy do we give so much blood?
Almost everyone has provided a blood sample at a certain point of life, but ever wondered why so many tubes? How Blood Samples Are Taken Using current analytical technologies, several health indicators/analytes can only be obtained from blood and therefore giving a blood sample is…
READ MOREDe Novo SIX1 Variant and Nonsyndromic Cochleovestibular Nerve Abnormality
Abstract Background: Childhood hearing impairment affects language and cognitive development. Profound congenital sensorineural hearing impairment can be due to an abnormal cochleovestibular nerve (CVN) and cochleovestibular malformations, however, the etiology of these conditions remains unclear. Methods: We used a trio‐based exome sequencing approach to unravel…
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