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Alliance to Develop NAT Diagnostic System
An agreement to develop and distribute a customized integrated diagnostic system for use in nucleic acid sample preparation, detection, and quantification of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV-1 has been announced by Roche Molecular Systems and Qiagen GmbH. More...13 May 2002
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