TAQMAN GENOMIC ASSAYS TO BE INCLUDED IN GENECARDS

Applied Biosystems Group, an Applera business, and Xennex, a provider of commercial licenses for the GeneCards database of human genes, announced an agreement whereby Applied Biosystems TaqMan Genomic Assays will be accessible via GeneCards. Under the terms of agreement, Applied Biosystems will provide GeneCards customers direct access to its entire collection of nearly three million genomic assays.

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