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For further information, please contact: Medical Solutions plc Nick Ash Managing Director Tel: 0115 973 9010 www.medical-solutions.co.uk Bishopsgate Communications Ltd Nick Rome/Sophie Davis Tel: 0207 5623350 www.bishopsgatecommunications.com 20 August 2007 Medical Solutions plc ("Medical Solutions" or "the Company" or "the Group") Medical Solutions Geneservice chosen to be Applied Biosystems' UK service provider for SNPlex¢â€ž¢ Genotyping System
The Board of Medical Solutions plc , the diagnostics and healthcare business, is pleased to announce that its recently acquired genomic services and products business Geneservice Limited has been chosen by Applied Biosystems to be the UK service provider of its SNPlex¢â€ž¢ Genotyping System and help broaden access to its genotyping technology. Applied Biosystems is headquartered in Foster City, California, and reported sales of over US$1.9 billion during 2006.
HIGHLIGHTS
* Geneservice to benefit from marketing and technical support; * Geneservice was selected because of its proven proficiency in executing the SNPlex¢â€ž¢ chemistry workflow and * SNPlex¢â€ž¢ platform will enhance Geneservices' delivery of advanced genotyping services.
As part of Applied Biosystems' SNPlex¢â€ž¢ Service Provider Program, Geneservice will benefit from marketing and technical support - which is expected to enhance its ability to deliver advanced genotyping services to its clients. Geneservice was selected because of its proven proficiency in executing the SNPlex¢â€ž¢ chemistry workflow and generating reliable data using GeneMapper¢â€ž¢ software for data analysis.
Geneservice will use the Applied Biosystems' SNPlex¢â€ž¢ technology and genotyping and sequencing platforms to offer a system for projects needing to genotype multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms ("SNPs") from hundreds or thousands of samples.
The SNPlex¢â€ž¢ Service Provider Program is intended to enable researchers who do not have access to capillary electrophoresis ("CE") genetic analysis instrumentation to obtain a flexible and bespoke high-throughput SNP genotyping data solution.
Nick Leaves, Head of Operations for Medical Solutions said: "The SNPlex¢â€ž¢ Genotyping System is well suited to the candidate gene association studies that typically follow whole-genome screening. We already have significant expressions of interest in SNPlex¢â€ž¢ and have completed over 900,000 custom SNP genotypes in recent months. We are delighted to have had our experience recognised by Applied Biosystems and to have been chosen as its partner for this technology in the UK."
--ENDS-- About Medical Solutions
Medical Solutions is a fully listed UK based diagnostics and healthcare business. Through its Healthcare operations, Medical Solutions specialises in the provision of diagnostic and molecular pathology and cytology services and products to the public and private healthcare sectors. It has internationally recognised expertise in histopathology with advanced technology in image analysis, high throughput quantitative protein expression and biomarker determination.
Through its Diagnostic operations, including the recently acquired Geneservice Limited, the Group offers genomic products and technology services for applications in life sciences and clinical research and development. It offers rapid access to high quality, leading edge genomic products essential for manipulating gene and protein function in the majority of model organisms and offers a one stop shop for many genomic applications. It has an international market for its products and services and its customers include academic and charitably funded research institutions, government laboratories and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
Geneservice offers genomic DNA extraction, quantitation, amplification, sample re-arraying and biobanking of human DNA. Geneservice also provides "whole genome amplification", a technology enabling the processing of minute quantities of DNA and RNA from difficult or rare samples, which can then be sequenced, genotyped or expression profiled. Further information is available at http://www.geneservice.co.uk
About Applied Biosystems
Applied Biosystems is a global leader in the development and commercialization of instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services for the life science market. Applied Biosystems is headquartered in Foster City, CA, and reported sales of over US$1.9 billion during 2006. Further information about the SNPlex¢â€ž¢ Service Provider Program is available at http:// info.appliedbiosystems.com/snplex
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