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Volume 24 Issue 9, September 2006

The MicroArray Quality Control Consortium, which brings together over 100 scientists from academia, industry and the government, presents the results of a detailed analysis of the performance of seven DNA microarray platforms. Cover art: Erin Boyle

Volume 24 Issue 9

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  • A major, multicenter study of microarray performance is a first step in translating the technology from bench to bedside.

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  • As CEO of one of the first companies to make protein delivery into a profitable business, Abe Abuchowski knows what it takes to bring a new technology to market. Although his technology—PEGylation—is now considered an industry gold standard, its three-decade development history illustrates the often rocky path to commercial success for platforms.

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  • As the first 'systems biology' companies achieve some measure of success, the question remains whether systems biology can provide a viable business model. Karl Thiel investigates.

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  • By rejecting gene-spliced ingredients in their products, some major food companies may be making foods that are less safe and wholesome for consumers—and that expose them to litigation.

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  • Despite the boom in genetic tests available in US laboratories, oversight remains patchy. A survey of laboratory directors suggests that mandatory proficiency testing would result in fewer errors.

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  • The first formal results of a consortium of over 150 regulatory, industrial and academic scientists that set out to conduct a cross-platform analysis of DNA microarray expression data obtained from two, commercially available RNA samples.

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