Orchid Wins First Certification for HLA Testing
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 20 -- Orchid BioSciences Inc. said that its GeneScreen business unit has received certification by the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) to conduct commercial human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing on the LabMap platform of Luminex Corp. Orchid is the first CLIA-approved laboratory to be awarded this accreditation, which it expects will allow it to significantly reduce turn-around time for its HLA-DR tissue typing services both for single-sample testing and for donor recruitment drives. HLA typing is the first step for patients and...Read full article
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Published: September 2001