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NuGen, Qiagen Pen Collaboration for RNA Amplification, Analysis

May 03, 2006

NEW YORK, May 3 (GenomeWeb News) - NuGen Technologies and Qiagen have penned a co-marketing alliance to create a series of joint applications for RNA amplification and analysis.

 

The agreement is aimed at providing researchers with the means to isolate, amplify, fragment, and label RNA for research and molecular diagnostic ends.

 

Details of the deal were not disclosed.

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