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Isis Pharmaceuticals' TIGER Biosensor System Characterizes Epidemic in Military Training Camp.

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Isis Pharmaceuticals and Naval Health Officials Publish Results Demonstrating the Utility of the TIGER Biosensor System for the Identification and Strain-Typing of Infectious Organisms

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has published a study authored by scientists from its Ibis division and collaborators at the Naval Health Research Center and San Diego-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The study titled, "Rapid Identification and Strain-Typing of Respiratory Pathogens for Epidemic Surveillance" is online and accessible at http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0409920102 and will also be published in the May 31, 2005 issue of PNAS. The groups used the innovative, high-throughput TIGER biosensor system to rapidly identify the infectious agents responsible for a severe outbreak of respiratory disease.

The publication describes results obtained from analysis of throat swabs taken during an outbreak of severe respiratory disease at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego. Using the TIGER biosensor system, the bacteria responsible for the infection were identified and the potential spread of the epidemic monitored. The scientists were able to analyze patient samples in two ways, neither of which were previously possible.

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