We would like to highlight EXACT Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS). The company is an applied genomics company that develops deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based technologies for use in the detection of cancer. The Company has selected colorectal cancer as the first application of its technologies. The Company has licensed certain of its technologies, on an exclusive basis through December 2010, to Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) in connection with a commercial testing service that is marketed in the United States under the name PreGen-Plus.
In the company’s recent news,
EXACT Sciences Corporation, a research and development company focused on developing non-invasive screening technologies for early detection of colorectal cancer, announced published results of a comprehensive colorectal cancer detection study in which stool and blood plasma were individually assessed to determine which type of testing was more accurate in detecting the disease.
The study results showed 92 percent sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer in stool samples. Utilizing state-of-the-art BEAMing DNA detection technology from Johns Hopkins University, the study results showed that stool-based DNA testing outperformed blood plasma testing, especially for the detection of early-stage colorectal cancers. According to the study, stool-based testing provides more accuracy due to its immediate contact with the colorectal cancers and polyps in the colon.
Executive management of EXACT Sciences Corporation is pleased by the latest results as they underscore the early detection power that is achievable when combining advanced detection techniques with a DNA target-rich environment such as stool samples. The results of this latest study suggest that stool is the more reliable and robust source of mutated DNA when compared to blood plasma.
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