"Wehopethismeans that this genereally doesinfluencerisk and thatiswhydifferentLABSall landed onit at the same time," saidDr.MatthewState of Yale University.
"We want to manage the cost of desktop operations and increase stability, " says Gene Dickamore, business systems manager for Arup Labs, a medical reference laboratory.
Elsewhere, Celera Diagnostics, Abbott Labs and closely held Genomic Health also are pursuing prognostic gene tests for prostate cancer (and other tumors).
City of Hope's gene factory encompasses 20, 000 square feet of space, half of it devoted to "clean room" labs dedicated to producing complex, genetically engineered treatments for its trials.