Conversant Healthcare Systems
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Conversant Healthcare Systems provides cancer
blood specimens to academic and commercial research
ers. The company's biospecimens are gathered throughout disease progression and correlated with clinical and diagnostic data.
The company's offices are in the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Cummings Research Park
, which finished construction in 2007.
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
blood specimens to academic and commercial research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
ers. The company's biospecimens are gathered throughout disease progression and correlated with clinical and diagnostic data.
The company's offices are in the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Cummings Research Park
Cummings Research Park
Cummings Research Park, located primarily in the city of Huntsville, Alabama is the second largest research park in the United States, and the fourth largest in the world. The Research Triangle Park in North Carolina is the only research park in the United States that is larger. Cummings Research...
, which finished construction in 2007.