IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company performing DNA-based testing services for cancer and developmental disorders, reported today that total revenues for the second quarter and first six months of 2012 increased to a record $1.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, up 6 percent and 19 percent from the second quarter and first six months of 2011. Revenues from the Company’s core prenatal testing markets in the second quarter grew by 48 percent over the corresponding period in 2011 and grew by more than 77 percent in the first six months of the year over the prior year period. The Company performed a total of 1,459 billable diagnostic tests for 116 customers in the second quarter of 2012, compared to 1,201 tests for 106 customers in the second quarter of 2011 and 1,377 tests for 105 customers in the first quarter of 2012.
