Helicos BioSciences Corp. (HLCS) Partners with Correlagen Diagnositcs Inc. to Provide Enhanced DNA-Assays
Life science company Helicos BioSciences Corp. focuses on genetic analysis technologies for the diagnostic market. The company today announced the sale of a system and relative collaboration with Correlagen Diagnostics Inc., a leader in genetic testing for disease diagnosis. Correlagen is a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory. The company will purchase and use the Helicos Genetic Analysis System for testing based on resequencing broad panels of genes found to contribute to diseases in the areas of cardiology, endocrinology, neuropsychiatry and immunology, to name a few. “We are very excited to have Correlagen as both a customer and collaborator,…