Blue Heron Biotechnology Announces Delivery Of 52kb Gene

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Heron Bio announced today the successful synthesis and delivery of a 52kb gene for an undisclosed customer. With this pioneering effort -- produced using its proprietary GeneMaker® platform together with newly developed techniques -- Blue Heron Bio has opened up new avenues of exploration for synthetic biology researchers. “Where we have routinely delivered sequences up to 20kb in length to date, we are very excited about making much longer genes a standard part of our offering,” said Dorene Farnham, Director of Sales & Marketing at Blue Heron Bio.