Monogram Biosciences Inc. (formerly ViroLogic Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of

LabCorp Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, more commonly known as Labcorp, is an American healthcare company headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina. It operates one of the largest clinical laboratory networks in the world, with a United St ...

, is an international biotechnology laboratory located in South

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

, California, USA. Monogram develops and markets

assay An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of ...

s to help guide and improve the treatment of

infectious diseases An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable d ...

(including

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immu ...

and

Hepatitis Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver parenchyma, liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), Anorexia (symptom), poor appetite ...

) and

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bl ...

. Virologic was founded in 1996 by Daniel Capon, Ph.D., Martin Goldstein and Robert S. Capon. The company went public (NASDAQ: VLGC) in 2000. Monogram was acquired by

Laboratory Corporation of America Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, more commonly known as Labcorp, is an American healthcare company headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina. It operates one of the largest clinical laboratory networks in the world, with a United St ...

in June 2009.

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External links

* * Baseline HIV Type 1 Coreceptor Tropism Predicts Disease Progressio

* Four Studies Affirm Significance Of Monogram's Trofile(TM) HIV Co-Receptor Tropism Assa

* Accuracy of Monogram's Trofile Assay in Determining Tropism and New Tropism Assays in Developmen

* Trofile Bests SensiTrop as Most Reliable Tropism Tes

* Monogram Biosciences teams up with Pfizer for HIV treatmen

* Monogram Biosciences Launches New "Trofile" HIV Co-receptor Tropism Test to Select Patients Eligible to User CCR5 Antagonist Maraviroc (Selzentry

Biotechnology companies of the United States Biotechnology companies established in 1996 Health care companies based in California Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq Companies based in San Mateo County, California South San Francisco, California 2000 initial public offerings 2009 mergers and acquisitions {{Med-company-stub