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Duke to Use Illumina's Infinium HumanHap550 BeadChip in Autism Study

Oct 05, 2006
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Duke University’s Center for Human Genetics will use Illumina's Infinium HumanHap550 BeadChip in a large autism study, Illumina said yesterday.
 
The study will include over 1,800 individuals and their families.
 
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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