OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) today announced that it has begun a collaboration with NYU Langone Medical Center to employ its ultra-high sensitivity ICE COLD-PCR mutation detection technology to better understand molecular events that drive non-small cell lung cancer and impact response to existing and novel therapies. The joint study will focus on the detection of cancer-associated mutations in the blood of patients with surgically operable early stage lung cancer, the stage where it is most curable and amenable to treatment.