MiR Scientific Prepares Launch of First Clinical Cancer Test, Buoyed by New Data

Jul 20, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – MiR Scientific, formerly MiR Diagnostics, hopes to launch its first clinical cancer test within the next year, after spending the last several years conducting validation studies of its technology, which involves analysis of microRNA and other small noncoding RNA (sncRNA) molecules in urine.

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