NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX)(Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that its CombiMatrix group’s subsidiary, CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics (CMDX), has completed the clinical validation and launched the second of its HemeScan™ suite of BAC (Bacterial Artificial Chromosome) array CGH (Comparative Genomic Hybridization) based tests. The test is designed to quickly evaluate tumor genomic content (ploidy), a strong predictor of clinical outcome in pediatric and adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This test is now available to the clinical community through both routine clinical sample processing as well as through CMDX’s innovative Technical Only Program for reference laboratories. The HemeScan tests are the industry’s first clinically validated cancer diagnostics based on BAC array CGH technology.
