Whatman expands FTA product family for biological materials

Whatman Inc, a US separations technology company, has announced three new products within its Whatman FTA product range for the collection and customization of biological samples. The products, known as Whatman PlantSaver Card, Whatman FTA Kit and Whatman SPOT Holder, are used in field and laboratory collection of plant species, blood or buccal cells and bacterial clones.

The company notes that: Whatman FTA is a unique technology that allows for the safe and rapid isolation of pure DNA at room temperature: Whatman PlantSaver is a four-square version of the FTA card with a laminated flap that strengthens the card and makes it more robust and suitable for field collection and easy transport of plant samples; and the Whatman FTA Kit turns collection, storage, transportation, archiving and purification of nucleic acids into one complete solution with a kit that contains Micro cards, reagents and UniCore.