Article: Vacaville, Calif.-Based Biotech Company Teams Up on Protein Chip Production.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Jan. 31--A Vacaville biotechnology company, delving further into a field that holds potential for major medical discoveries, entered into an alliance Tuesday to produce computer-like chips that will further the study of proteins.

Large Scale Biology Corp. said it is teaming with Biosite Diagnostics Inc. of San Diego to create the technologies that will lead to so-called protein chips.

Several companies -- among them Affymetrix Inc., which has a factory in West Sacramento -- already produce dime-sized DNA chips for use in diagnosing illnesses and developing new drugs. Now some companies are developing protein chips, and Large Scale Biology and its partner ...

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