Ambion offers new MicroRNA profiling service
take the first steps. This is what Ambion is offering with its new
microRNA expression profiling service, claimed to surpass any
similar offerings in the market.
"Since microRNA and mRNA profiling require different techniques, which take time to develop, outsourcing this unique function to Ambion Services provides researchers easy access to powerful information that can accelerate time-to-discovery," said the company.
"Turn-around time for a complete analysis is typically less than two weeks from sample receipt."
A growing body of evidence suggests that microRNAs could be useful in diagnosis and treatment for a range of diseases, such as diabetes, viral infection and cancer.
Ambion Services has tailored its existing profiling technology, data analysis algorithms and statistical approaches especially for microRNA profiling because many of the fundamental assumptions used for messengerRNA (mRNA) analysis do not apply.
"One cannot rely on mRNA expression profiling experience when performing microRNA profiling data analysis," said Scott Hunicke-Smith, vice president of Ambion Services.
"We have focused our development efforts, utilizing Ambion's extensive database of microRNA expression data, on the unique tools required for miRNA analysis," he said.
