Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics Launches HemeScan Ploidy Test for the Management of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Published in Blood Weekly, July 12th, 2007
Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX)(Nasdaq:ACTG) announced that its CombiMatrix group's subsidiary, CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics (CMDX), has completed the clinical validation and launched the second of its HemeScan(TM) suite of BAC (Bacterial Artificial Chromosome) array CGH (Comparative Genomic Hybridization) based tests. The test is designed to quickly evaluate tumor genomic content (ploidy), a strong predictor of clinical outcome in pediatric and adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This test is now available to the clinical community through both routine clinical sample processing as well as through CMDX's innovative Technical Only Program for reference laboratories....
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