SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NuGEN Technologies, Inc., an innovator in genomic sample preparation, makes a dramatic entry into the next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications market with the strategic addition of a team of experts in NGS, the opening of a new Seattle research facility, and — by year’s end — the launch of a simplified sample preparation kit capable of working from reduced starting material for next-generation RNA-Seq.