Complete Genomics (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GNOM]]), the Mountain View, CA-based company that sequences entire human genomes as a service for researchers, said today it will determine the sequences of 1,000 genomes as part of the second phase of an ongoing pediatric cancer study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. Scientists at SAIC-Frederick will compare samples of tumors, and normal tissues, from 500 kids with cancer, Complete Genomics said in a statement. This phase of the contract is worth $8 million to Complete Genomics, and is being paid for out of money from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, also known as the federal “stimulus” law.
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Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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