DNA Precision Launched

Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:54pm EDT  reuters.com

GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(Business Wire)– DNA Precision has begun offering services for genetic research and healthcare research. These include gene discovery, Agilent microarray processing and bioinformatics. DNA Precision is a division of EcoArray, Inc., a 7-year old environmental genomics firm in Gainesville, FL.

John Rogers, EcoArray`s President, said, “We started DNA Precision to provide the gene discovery and analysis services we have developed for our work in environmental testing to a broader base of customers in health care and personalized medicine research, as well as government and academic research.” DNA Precision offers complete gene discovery and analysis services, from library development to bioinformatics under both GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) and non-GLP standards.

DNA Precisions` services are directed at the new field of genetic research, which has led to better understanding of chronic diseases such as cancer and is opening the way to the exciting field of personalized medicine.

Barbara Carter, EcoArray`s Research Director, said, “We developed our processes with a focus on environmental testing. Since little work had been done in genomics in this area, we built the processes for our environmental business from the ground up. It now seems like a good idea to offer these services – gene libraries, contract sequencing, microarray development, microarray processing, PCR primer design and bioinformatics – to the broader research and healthcare research community.”

For details, see the DNA Precision website, www.dnaprecision.com. DNA Precision`s parent, EcoArray, has done gene discovery and related work in over two dozen species for researchers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Working primarily in environmental toxicology, EcoArray has developed gene microarrays for the fathead minnow (a primary model species for fresh water in the U.S.), large- and small-mouth bass, Daphnia magna and the sheepshead minnow (in development).

For further information, contact DNA Precision at (352) 505-6896 or info@dnaprecision.com. DNA Precision, Gainesville John Rogers, 352-505-6896 info@dnaprecision.com Copyright Business Wire 2009

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