Case Study  
     
     Cancer Target Discovery  
     
 

Customer:

  • Life sciences research organization in Europe

Key Customer Challenges:

  • To design and validate an RNAi based assay for cancer target discovery
  • To integrate oligo design & order placement with vendor
  • Combination of qPCR & RNAi assay design & validation challenges which required both bioinformatics & wet-lab expertise.
  • Budget limitations
 
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  Solution Overview  
   
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Key Benefits to Customer

  • Time saving of 33 %: Normal time estimated to 1.5 years and above. Through Polyclone partnership
  • the following were achieved:
         o System development completed in 3 months
         o Experimentation completed in 3 months
         o Final validation completed in 3 months
         o Targets discovered & validated within a year!

 

  • Cost savings: Actual costs less than half of projected costs
  • Value Addition
  • :
         o Integration with oligo vendor for automated supply post design
         o Supplier receipt
         o Reorder for failed genes
         o Quick turnaround time

 

 
     
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