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Shimadzu, University of Tokyo to Jointly Identify Disease Genes and Biomarkers

Apr 29, 2005

NEW YORK, April 29 (GenomeWeb News) - Shimadzu and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo plan to jointly conduct genomic and proteomic analyses with the goal of identifying new disease-related genes and biomarkers.

 

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