About 100 guests from 36 countries met on the XVIII. MetaSystems Distributor Meeting (DM) in November to exchange experiences and to get to know new trends and developments at MetaSystems.
MetaSystems DM2019 Largest in History
XA 13/18/21
Aneusomy Probe
- Order Number
- D-5607-100-TC
- Package Size
- 100 µl (10 Tests)
- Regulatory Status
- IVDR
IVDR Certification
This probe is IVDR-certified in compliance with the Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR). For organizational reasons, we currently provide only the IVDD product.
The XA 13/18/21 enumeration probe is a qualitative, non-automated test for the detection of copy number variations of chromosome 13, chromosome 18 and chromosome 21 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The product is intended for prenatal testing of pregnancies at risk for trisomy 13, trisomy 18 and trisomy 21 on methanol/acetic-acid fixed uncultured amniocytes.
The XA 13/18/21 enumeration probe consists of a green-labeled probe hybridizing to the RB1 gene region at 13q14.2, an aqua-labeled probe hybridizing to the MALT1 gene region at 18q21.3 and an orange-labeled probe hybridizing to the DSCR4 gene region at 21q22.1-22.2.
XA 13/18/21 hybridized to cultured amniocytes. A normal signal constellation is observed for 13q14 and 21q22, two green and two orange signals, respectively. For the 18q21 locus-specific probe three blue signals are shown.
Normal Cell:
Two green (2G), two orange (2O), and two blue (2B) signals.
Aberrant Cell:
Three green (3G), two orange (2O), and two blue (2B) signals.
Aberrant Cell:
Two green (2G), three orange (3O), and two blue (2B) signals.
Aberrant Cell:
Two green (2G), two orange (2O), and three blue (3B) signals.
New MetaSystems Office in Latin America
MetaSystems proudly announces the opening of our first subsidiary in the Southern hemisphere. The new office is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina and bears the name MetaSystems Latinoamérica SAS (MetaSystems LatAm). The foundation has been the response to the growing demand on technical knowledge and 'know how' experienced in the last years all over the Latin American territories. MetaSystems LatAm takes care for the organization of sales, support, and customer relation activities in all countries in Latin America. It will manage distributor companies and contacts in the region, and it will facilitate communication between end-users, distributors and headquarters in Germany.
MetaSystems Workshop in Dehradun, India
A “Hands-on Workshop on FISH and its application in Pathology and Clinical Medicine” was organized by MetaSystems and Department of Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) to demonstrate the applications of FISH in hematological malignancies and solid tumors.
