Collection and stabilisation
Collection tubes and systems that get the sample from the patient to the laboratory unchanged: blood, saliva, stool, urine and swabs. Nucleic acids remain stable at room temperature.
Nucleic acid isolation · From sample to answer
Norgen Biotek — nucleic acid isolation for every sample type
Norgen Biotek is a Canadian manufacturer of nucleic acid isolation and purification kits. Its catalogue includes more than 500 products for DNA, RNA, miRNA, cfDNA and exosomes. Input material can be blood, plasma, urine, stool, saliva, tissue or environmental samples. The company holds ISO 9001, 13485 and 15189 certifications.
- 1998 Founded in Canada
- 500+ Products in the catalogue
- 155+ Countries where the kits are used
- 3× ISO Certified to 9001, 13485 and 15189
About the company
Isolation kits since 1998
Norgen Biotek was founded in Canada in 1998. Today it supplies kits to more than 1,000 research institutions and laboratories in over 155 countries. The catalogue contains more than 500 items, from individual consumables to kits covering the entire path from sample collection to result.
Three certifications cover different types of operation: ISO 9001 for quality management, ISO 13485 for medical devices and ISO 15189 for clinical laboratories. Norgen has developed its own silicon carbide spin-column technology, magnetic bead systems and rapid PCR-based diagnostic kits.
Main categories
Five categories from collection to analysis
Nucleic acid isolation
Norgen's core portfolio. Isolation of DNA, RNA, miRNA, cfDNA and exosomes from more than 30 sample types, with both spin columns and magnetic beads.
Purification and analysis
Post-isolation steps: purification, concentration, normalisation and quantification. These prepare the sample for downstream methods such as PCR, NGS or hybridisation.
Molecular diagnostics
PCR-based detection kits for bacteria and viruses, as well as for clinically oriented assays. TaqMan chemistry with validated primers and probes.
Laboratory essentials
DNA ladders, enzymes, PCR reagents and nuclease-free water. Consumables for everyday lab work.
Isolation portfolio
Kits grouped by target molecule
Norgen's core portfolio comprises more than 200 isolation kits. They are grouped by what you are isolating and from what. The workflow is consistent across both spin-column and magnetic bead formats.
DNA isolation kits
RNA and miRNA isolation kits
cfDNA and ctDNA kits
Exosome and vesicle kits
Key advantages
Why laboratories choose Norgen
Good yield from small amounts of material
Proprietary silicon carbide spin-column technology and magnetic bead systems. This matters most for low inputs and limited samples.
Purity for downstream methods
Nucleic acids free of PCR inhibitors and other contaminants. Ready for direct use in NGS, qPCR and hybridisation.
From sample to answer
Norgen covers the entire chain: collection, stabilisation, isolation and detection. One supplier, one point of technical support.
Wide range of sample types
Blood, plasma, serum, urine, stool, saliva, swabs, tissues, cells, biofilms, plants and environmental samples.
Three ISO certifications
ISO 9001, 13485 and 15189 cover research, IVD and clinical laboratories. Regulatory documentation can be provided.
Short, simple protocols
Most kits are completed in 20–60 minutes, with no toxic solvents and no special equipment. They can be automated on Opentrons.
Sample types
Norgen handles even complex samples
It makes no difference whether you work with routine blood or with a sample that standard kits cannot handle. Norgen can cope even with demanding sample types.
Stool and microbiome
The kits stabilise DNA and RNA from stool at room temperature. For gut microbiome, pathogen and gastroenterology studies.
Saliva
Non-invasive collection and kits for both DNA and RNA. Used in population studies, forensic genetics and paediatrics.
Urine
cfDNA, ctDNA and cellular DNA from urine. For urological oncology and non-invasive patient monitoring.
The catalogue also covers blood, plasma, serum, swabs, tissues, cultured cells, biofilms, milk, plant material and environmental samples.
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