NCI Awards Labcyte $196K to Develop Cancer Biomarker Validation System

Nov 08, 2011

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Labcyte today announced it has been awarded $196,000 from the National Cancer Institute for the development of a system for early cancer detection.

The funding will go toward a collaborative cancer biomarker validation program that aims to develop a system that integrates "a suite of well-established biotechnologies," including Labcyte's proprietary acoustic liquid handling for arraying and MALDI mass spectrometry preparation.

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