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"GeneXpress Informatics, Inc. (GXI) and Dr. James P. Chambers of UTSA propose to develop a revolutionary differential gene display technology, called Preferential Display (PD) which will provide for a simplified, cost-effective method to identify thesegenes for use in discovering gene expression profiles without having any prior knowledge of an organism, tissue or biological samples' genome. The ...

"The Idaho Technology RAPID is currently the only fieldable DNA-based system available for monitoring threat agents such as Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis. It has been deployed throughout the Air Force and other branches of the military with a highlevel of operational success. Typical PCR methods used with the RAPID are tied to complex wet chemistry more suitable for the laboratory than ...

"The Idaho Technology RAPID is currently the only fieldable DNA-based system available for monitoring threat agents such as Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis. It has been deployed throughout the Air Force and other branches of the military with a highlevel of operational success. Typical PCR methods used with the RAPID are tied to complex wet chemistry more suitable for the laboratory than ...

"The importance of DNA/RNA-based assays for detection of biological warfare agents, identification of diseases, genome sequencing, and environmental control is enormous and will inevitably increase. The challenge is the development of low cost andportable methods for sequencing DNA and RNA extracted from surfaces and fluids, to recognize exposure to biowarfare agents. All the conventional techn ...

"The importance of DNA/RNA-based assays for detection of biological warfare agents, identification of diseases, genome sequencing, and environmental control is enormous and will inevitably increase. The challenge is the development of low cost andportable methods for sequencing DNA and RNA extracted from surfaces and fluids, to recognize exposure to biowarfare agents. All the conventional techn ...

"The present proposal describes strategies leading to the development of an array-based universal biosensor for detecting and differentiating microbial species, or differentiating at the DNA or RNA level between cell types of the same species. The proposed strategy relies on the differential hybridization of genomic DNA, extrachromosomal DNA, mRNA, or ribosomal RNA from different sources to a comm ...

"OmniSite BioDiagnostics, Inc. (OmniSite) proposes to develop DNA Aptamers to Bacillus anthracis (nonpathogenic Sterne strain) spores and staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) by the SELEX process. Aptamers are less expensive than antibodies to produce, do notrequire animal hosts for production, can be protected from nucleases, and used in a variety of assay formats to replace antibodies. In Phase I, ...