Quanterix Corporation announced the commercial availability of its SR-X Ultra-Sensitive Biomarker Detection System™. The company’s latest instrument, powered by Simoa technology, opens the door for researchers to access ultra-sensitive protein and nucleic acid detection capabilities in a more compact and affordable system. Quanterix has a rapidly growing network of academic researchers and pharmaceutical and biotech customers using Simoa to see and measure critical biomarkers across a range of therapeutic areas, including oncology, neurology, cardiology, inflammatory and infectious disease, that have previously gone undetected. Now shipping, the SR-X provides researchers with the additional flexibility to design assays to detect both proteins and nucleic acids direct from blood, and a host of other complex sample types, without the need for error-prone and complex preparation processes. The unique capabilities of the SR-X enable measurement of ultra-sensitive nucleic acid levels, including miRNA, without PCR, expanding the potential for Simoa’s applications. The SR-X is designed to support multiplexed detection of up to six biomarkers per sample, with low volume requirements, to increase throughput and productivity while conserving precious samples. A menu of Simoa assay kits are available to measure critical biomarkers with significantly higher sensitivity than standard, analog immunoassay methods, enabling detection of both normal and acute biomarker levels with high precision across a range of sample types.