Illumina, Inc
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Website: http://www.illumina.com
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MicroRNA Assay
This assay allows rapid and reproducible miRNA expression. By developing a high-density expression array with content from the miRBase Sequence Database, this tool will help researchers better understand the role microRNAs (miRNA) play in regulating messenger RNA (mRNA). miRNA profiling offers several advantages: A single miRNA can regulate the expression of several genes and could produce larger effects that more clearly influence a disease state. With only approximately 1,000 miRNAs predicted in humans, compared to 30,000 mRNAs per cell, miRNAs represent a rich pool of potential diagnostic biomarkers. In addition, miRNAs are less likely to be degraded in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples or other RNA samples of poor quality. For these reasons, miRNA profiling is ideal for the study of developmental biology, stem cell characterization, biomarker discovery, oncogenesis, therapeutic effects, viral infection processes and many other areas of fundamental and applied biology.
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