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Most Viewed Articles on GWDN Last Week: Oct 29, 2012

Oct 29, 2012 | staff reporter

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – What were the articles that gained the most interest from GenomeWeb Daily News' readers last week? Here are the top five:

1) Qiagen, Bayer Partner on Cancer Companion Dx
2) Illumina's Q3 Revenues Rise 21 Percent
3) Pacific Biosciences' Q3 Revenues Drop 73 Percent
4) International Team Reports on Large-Scale Pancreatic Cancer Analysis
5) Verinata Sues Ariosa, LabCorp for Patent Infringement

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