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| February 02, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jon Van

Feb. 2--Equipment to test blood for signs of heart disease, cancer and perhaps Alzheimer's disease, will be marketed by a Northbrook firm by the end of 2005.

Using techniques made possible by nanotechnology, which allow researchers to detect key markers for disease at very low concentrations, Nanosphere Inc. is developing an automated process to read genetic materials much like a barcode scans prices.

"Automation is very important because it enables you to do more experiments in a given window of time," said William Moffitt, the firm's chief executive.

The technology is designed to find proteins that could indicate disease.…

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