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Human blood sample bank launches Alzheimer disease genetic collection

Published in Biotech Business Week, October 18th, 2004

PrecisionMed announced the launch of a new PrecisionMed Sample Bank collection in late onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) for genetics, proteomics and molecular diagnostics research.

In this new collection PrecisionMed is compiling comprehensive cognition data including the following rating scales: clinical dementia rating (CDR), mini mental status exam (MMSE) and the ADAS-cog as well as detailed demographic information. This controlled collection will supplement an existing Alzheimer disease sample collection, which includes matched control subjects collected over the past 2 years and stored in the PrecisionMed sample bank.

PrecisionMed's sample bank is...

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