Illumina receives grant from NIH to continue research
San-Diego based Illumina has been awarded a $1.2m phase 2 SBIR grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the continued development of high-multiplex, low-cost arrays to profile protein activity in small volumes of cells or biological fluids.
San-Diego based Illumina has been awarded a $1.2m phase 2 SBIR grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the continued development of high-multiplex, low-cost arrays to profile protein activity in small volumes of cells or biological fluids.
Identification of protein profiles will be highly valuable in a broad range of markets including research, clinical trials, and diagnostics. By profiling and understanding protein activity, pharmaceutical and biotech firms can identify more targeted drug compounds and discover relevant biomarkers for use in diagnostic products. High-complexity protein arrays could be used to help unravel the molecular basis of disease and certain genetic disorders.
According to Jay Flatley, Illumina president and ceo: 'We're very pleased that NIH recognises the value of our BeadArray-based approach for proteomics and has elected to fund additional research. If successful, this research may lead to development of a third application area to complement the success of Illumina technology in high throughput SNP genotyping and gene expression.'