Biomarker Grant
RayBiotech, Inc., today announced that they are extending the deadline for submitting applications for its Biomarker Discovery Pilot Grant program. RayBiotech will now accept applications for the pilot grants through February 22nd, 2010. Grant recipients will receive restricted grants of $10,000 to $20,000 worth of RayBiotech products and/or services for conducting biomarker research.
“The last-minute surge in interest in the grant program has been overwhelming,”
The application of antibody arrays to biomarker discovery was well-illustrated in the November, 2007 edition of the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Nature Medicine (Ray, et al.). Using a technique known as signal profiling that was enabled by RayBiotech Cytokine Antibody Arrays, they were able to simultaneously measure the relative abundance of 120 plasma markers measured in the Nature Medicine study. Using this method, the group identified a panel of 18 biomarkers that predicted the presence of the disease in a test sample set with nearly 90 percent accuracy.
Details of RayBiotech’s Biomarker Discovery Pilot Grant Program, including terms and conditions of the grant program and application forms, please visit their Website at http://www.RayBiotech.com/
CONTACT:
Brett Burkholder, Dir. Marketing & Business Development
RayBiotech, Inc.
Email: grant@raybiotech.com
Web: http://www.RayBiotech.com/
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