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Arrayjet Names GMI as North American Service Provider
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This article has been updated to include additional comments from Arrayjet. Arrayjet has tapped GMI to service and support its customers in the US and Canada, the company said this week.

Rounding Out NimbleGen Workflow, Roche Acquires BioMicro Hyb Station, Mixers
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The acquired assets include instruments that are part of the Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow, such as the 4- and-12-bay NimbleGen Hybridization Systems.

BioMicro Sells Microarray Assets to Roche

Roche Diagnostics has agreed to purchase the NimbleGen workflow-related microarray product assets from BioMicro.

People in the News: Sep 29, 2009
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Rob Parry, Patrik Dahlen, Ulf Landegren, Harry Stylli, Elizabeth Dragon, Paul Hawran, Steve Owings, Harry Hixson, Ronald Lindsay, Justin File

Arrayjet Taps MDS, American Medical Link to Be North American Reps; Plans Arrayer Upgrades
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The Roslin, UK-based firm, which sells instruments and software for printing arrays, has entered into a non-exclusive co-marketing arrangement with MDS. American Medical Link, meantime, has agreed to support and service Arrayjet instruments in the US and Canada.
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RNA Editing in Octopuses Seems to Help Acclimation to Shifts in Water Temperature

A paper in Cell reports that octopuses use RNA editing to help them adjust to different water temperatures.

Topical Compound to Block EGFR Inhibitors May Ease Skin Toxicities, Study Finds

A topical treatment described in Science Translational Medicine may limit skin toxicities seen with EGFR inhibitor therapy.

Dozen Genetic Loci Linked to Preeclampsia Risk in New GWAS

An analysis of genome-wide association study data in JAMA Cardiology finds genetic loci linked to preeclampsia that have ties to blood pressure.

Cancer Survival Linked to Mutational Burden in Pan-Cancer Analysis

A pan-cancer paper appearing in JCO Precision Oncology suggests tumor mutation patterns provide clues for predicting cancer survival that are independent of other prognostic factors.