BioArray News from GenomeWeb

Kalorama Predicts SNP Array Market Will Return to Double-Digit Growth in 2011

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:54 +0000

Market research firm Kalorama Information recently published an analysis on the market for SNP genotyping tools that largely agrees with vendor forecasts of a second round of genome-wide association studies that will stimulate array sales over the next few years.

CombiMatrix 'Not Satisfied' with Pace of Molecular Dx Business Growth

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:53 +0000

CombiMatrix has found it more difficult than expected to secure reimbursement for its tests, and said that test acceptance has been further constrained by its limited sales and marketing infrastructure.

Q&A: Genome Institute of Singapore's Edison Liu on the Future of HUGO, GWAS, and GIS

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:04:40 +0000

Re-elected last month as president of the Human Genome Organization, GIS Executive Director Edison Liu sees HUGO as a vehicle to cement the role of developing Asian countries in genomics. He also sees it as a means to broker deals between West and East that foster the application of genomics in medicine and spur economic growth.

Rounding Out NimbleGen Workflow, Roche Acquires BioMicro Hyb Station, Mixers

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:03:40 +0000

The acquired assets include instruments that are part of the Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow, such as the 4- and-12-bay NimbleGen Hybridization Systems.

In Print

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:40 +0000

Microarray Papers of Note Published February 2010

IP Roundup

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:30:11 +0000

Corning, Hologic, California Institute of Technology

New Product Watch

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:25:36 +0000

Illumina, BioDiscovery

People in the News

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:23:08 +0000

Timothy Barabe, John Batty, Fredrik Dahl

Biochips in Bangkok: Thailand's Sole Array Lab Plows Ahead with Ag-Bio Projects

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:34:06 +0000

Thailand's BIOTEC microarray lab has made progress since its inception two years ago, focusing on projects related to pathogen testing and agricultural research, but running an array lab in a developing country has its share of obstacles.

ExonHit, BioMerieux Kill Colon Cancer Program, Continue to Develop Prostate Cancer Dxs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:34:04 +0000

The companies said that "final results from the colon cancer program did not reach the level of performance we were aiming to achieve." The firms, both based in France, are co-developing microarray-based tests that screen for a variety of cancer biomarkers in blood.

Refocusing on Product Sales, Gentel Bio Debuts Proteomic Platform

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:34:02 +0000

The instrument allows users to run arrays, Western blots, and tissue sections, and is indicative of the direction in which the firm is heading, according to a company official.

Cytogenetics Labs ID New Genetic Disorder by Array CGH

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:34:00 +0000

Researchers at Signature Genomic Laboratories and three other labs independently identified a total of seven individuals with nearly identical-sized deletions on one of their two copies of chromosome 17.

IP Roundup

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:04:17 +0000

Rohm, University of Southern Florida, Boston Probes, Affymetrix