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Geneservice Receives ISO Certification

Apr 20, 2006

NEW YORK, April 20 (GenomeWeb News) - The International Standards Organization has awarded Geneservice's facilities its ISO 9001:2000 certification for functional genomic products and the conduct of contract research for academic and commercial customers, the company said today.

 

Geneservice is based in Cambridge, UK.

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