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SBIR and STTR Success Story for Echelon Biosciences Inc (Information Posted/Updated on 08/28/2003) |
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Echelon Biosciences Inc 675 Arapeen Drive Suite 302 Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Contact: Justin Chafe Phone: 801-588-0455 Fax: 801-588-0497 E-mail: echelon@echelon-inc.com Web Site: http://www.echelon-inc.com/ |
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Project Title: Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Assays in Cancer Diagnosis |
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| Related Award(s): R43 CA81835 | |
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Technology Developed:
Plate based assays for non-radioactive determination of PI(3,4,5)P3 levels and PI 3-K activity in vitro and in biological samples.
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| Key Words: Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase, PI 3-K, PI(3,4,5)P3, PI 3-Kinase, PI3K, Echelon. | |
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Uses of Technology/Products/Service:
Echelon has developed a non-radioactive way to measure and detect Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase activity in vitro and in biological samples. This technology has applications in cancer research focused on the PI 3-K cell signaling pathway. This pathway is suspected to play a major role in certain types of cancer.
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Benefit to Company:
The benefit to our company from the PI 3-Kinase assay kit is: 1. Development of PI 3-K assay has lead to other ground-breaking research which has lead to more grants and more products. 2. New products have lead to increased sales revenue.
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How Product Was Commercialized:
The PI 3-Kinase assay kit was commercialized through direct mail, tradeshow promotion, an email campaign, new product releases in content relevant publications and through research publication in peer reviewed journals.
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