Frost & Sullivan Recognizes BioMarker Strategies for its Ground-Breaking Innovation in Solid Tumor Diagnostics

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes BioMarkerFrost & Sullivan Recognizes BioMarker Strategies for its Ground-Breaking Innovation in Solid Tumor Diagnostics PR Newswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Jan. 13, 2014 -- The company's SnapPath® system facilitates personalized medicine Based on its recent analysis of the cancer diagnostics market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes BioMarker Strategies LLC with the 2013 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation Leadership. BioMarker Strategies has pioneered the development and validation of SnapPath®, a novel platform for live tumor cell processing and testing. This rapid, robust and automated system generates purified live solid tumor cell populations from unfixed, fresh solid tumor samples. The live tumor cells obtained are then exposed to targeted cancer drugs in order to evaluate their response to different therapies. In addition, SnapPath-processed samples can be subjected to next- generation sequencing. This boosts the potential for personalized medicine through the availability of highly valuable information about individual cancer patients and their reactions to targeted therapeutics. SnapPath can also be used to automate assays of cellular function using fluorescent molecular probes.