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454 Life Sciences and Roche NimbleGen Announce Collaboration with Eli Lilly and SeqWright to Sequence Genomic Regions Associated with Psychiatric Disease.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 30-JUL-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 454 Life Sciences and Roche NimbleGen Announce Collaboration with Eli Lilly and SeqWright to Sequence Genomic Regions Associated with Psychiatric Disease.(Company overview)

Article Excerpt
BRANFORD, Conn. -- 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, and Roche NimbleGen, both units of Roche Applied Science, have announced a collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company and SeqWright, a world-wide leader in custom genomic and molecular biology services. The goal of this collaboration is to use leading edge genomic technologies to identify genetic variants possibly associated with various psychiatric diseases. SeqWright will utilize NimbleGen Sequence Capture technology to selectively enrich approximately 40 megabases of the human genome, which will then be comprehensively sequenced using 454 Life Sciences' Genome Sequencer FLX System.

By utilizing the most advanced genomic technologies, SeqWright has the ability to transform the drug discovery process by reducing the time and money necessary for researchers to identify potentially clinically informative genetic variations.

"Just a year ago, it would have been impossible to imagine how we could selectively sequence such a...

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