ABSTRACT
Sequencing the human genome was one of the most important scientific milestones in the last century. This feat has inspired others to take the next steps in understanding how a complex set of genes affects specific phenotypes. Many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies now use a variety of mRNA expression technologies to help them with understanding how a target gene is associated with a disease. During this target validation step, scientists would like to confirm gene regulation and be able to find a direct association of a target expression with a disease or health condition.
