University of Pittsburgh to Test WaferGen's Real-Time PCR System, Oncology Assays

Jan 08, 2008

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – WaferGen said today that the University of Pittsburgh Medical School has agreed to alpha-test its SmartChip Real-Time PCR System and several oncology gene panel assays for the system.

WaferGen said the SmartChip Real-Time PCR System is a whole-genome gene expression platform that “promises to deliver significant speed and cost advantages to researchers in the gene expression and genotyping markets.”

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