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Geospiza Wins NIH Cancer Grant

Luke Timmerman10/7/09

Geospiza, the Seattle-based maker of software to help researchers analyze genomic data, said today it has been awarded a $110,000 Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to improve methods for spotting rare gene mutations that may determine how a cancer cell grows, and whether it will resist treatment.

Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.

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