Toshiba Licenses Compact, Low-Cost DNA Chip Technology to U.S. Firm
Posted on: Friday, 10 March 2006, 21:00 CST
By Kyodo News International, Tokyo
Mar. 10--TOKYO -- Toshiba Corp. said Friday it has signed a licensing agreement with U.S. firm Antara BioSciences Inc. to transfer its expertise on compact, low-cost DNA chips and DNA diagnostic equipment.
Antara will use the deal to develop similar products, which it aims to sell under its own brand in the United States after obtaining approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Toshiba claims the accord with Antara will become the first step toward establishing its proprietary technology for genetic diagnoses as a standard in the United States.
A DNA chip consists of numerous nucleotide sequences attached to a substrate which serves as a probe to identify whether a test sample contains a particular DNA sequence.
Most existing chips are based on a technology that uses a laser to irradiate a sample and then measures the resulting fluorescence.
But the method requires large-size equipment and tends to be costly.
The Toshiba technology, which the company calls electrochemical detection, uses smaller machinery with a simplified, easy-to-operate mechanism and it also enhances testing accuracy and lowers costs, the major Japanese electronics maker said.
Antara BioSciences was established last December by Eurus Genomics, a Tokyo-based biotechnology equipment manufacturer, in order to go into in vitro diagnostic services in the United States.
The latest agreement with Toshiba covers the technology applied in in vitro diagnoses of diseases in humans.
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