Microbiology
Calbiotech Awarded Contract to Develop Reagents for Dengue Diagnosis
A Small Business Innovative Research Phase I contract by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material command has been awarded to Calbiotech, which will develop analyte specific reagents for the diagnosis of Dengue virus. More...24 Nov 2009
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