These include common genetic conditions such as Cystic Fibrosis, Fragile-X
syndrome and Galactosemia.

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Kasinathan Muralidharan, Director of the Molecular Genetics
Laboratory.edu.

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Nearly 20 families from Michigan lobbied
Stabenow and her staff to educate them about Fragile X and the need for
additional programming and research in Wash., in June 2004 and again in
March 2005.

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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh , along
with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of
Pediatrics and Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, is
hosting this special continuing medical education event. The
Molecular Genetics Laboratory offers testing for over thirty genetic diseases.com., also supported this effort.

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(x) Analyte Specific Reagent. Tm Bioscience's product pipeline includes tests for genetic
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All genetic tests from Tm
Bioscience are based on the Tag-It(TM) Universal Array platform, which
utilizes a proprietary universal tag system that allows for easy optimization,
product development and expansion. The performance characteristics of
these products have not been established

About Tm Bioscience - Putting the Human Genome to Work(TM)

Tm Bioscience is a DNA-based diagnostics company developing a suite of
genetic tests.S. The 2005 funds helped pay for programs that will disseminate
information on Fragile X, Duchene and Becker Muscular Dystrophy and other
single gene disorders, set and publish uniform standards for genetic
counselors consulting with families impacted by FX, and refine and develop a
newborn screening test for FX. "When you communicate with
elected officials, good things happen."
Fragile X Syndrome is the most common known cause of inherited cognitive
impairment .

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A third trip is planned on March 1 in conjunction with the
National Fragile X Foundation's annual Advocacy Day.

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World-renowned Fragile X Syndrome expert,
Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD, FAAP, will discuss the latest research,
treatment and advocacy efforts.
(Click here for details) Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif.

About Tag-It(TM) reagents and genetic tests

Tm Bioscience 's product menu is focused in the fields of human genetic
disorders, pharmacogenetics and infectious disease. Bush signed the
Labor, Health and Human Services budget bill for 2006, which included program
funds.

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Fragile X, which is largely misdiagnosed, is the most common known cause of
autism and of mental impairment. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has a
center for the research and treatment of Fragile X Syndrome. "We are delighted to add this renowned
laboratory to our growing base of customers . Sen.
With Stabenow's leadership and support, $900,000 was approved in each of
the 2005 and 2006 budgets. Issues range from mild learning disabilities to severe cognitive
impairment and may include anxiety, autistic-like features and hyperactivity.

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Two of the books she has authored are a third
edition of Fragile X Syndrome: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research, and
Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, which covers a broad
array of disorders that impact cognitive development and behavior and
documents multidisciplinary interventions including medical,
psychopharmacological and educational treatments. "Incorporating the Tag-It(TM) reagents from Tm Bioscience, will
help us serve our patient population by providing a multi-disease panel that
will produce fast results , with high throughput and a minimum of operator
time. Assays from Tm operate on the Luminex
xMAP (R) system, a well-established bead based instrument., At the urging of Michigan
families impacted by Fragile X, U.

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Hagerman, who has more than 20 years of clinical work and research
experience, has focused on molecular clinical correlations and treatment
endeavors of this disorder.com/rams/cpi -1551-mkw-q.ram

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About Emory Genetics Laboratory

Emory Genetics Laboratory has been providing superior genetic laboratory
testing and clinical genetic services to physicians within Atlanta, throughout
the state of Georgia and around the globe for more than 30 years. The Company has
commercialized Analyte Specific Reagents(x) and a series of Tag-It(TM)
tests(xx) for a variety of genetic disorders.

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She also is a scientific adviser to the Conquer Fragile X
Foundation and is on the Advisory Board of the Northern and Southern
California Fragile X Associations.

Medical professionals can be eligible to receive CME Credit. TSX: TMC

TORONTO, June 2 - Tm Bioscience Corporation
(Toronto, Ontario; TSX: TMC), a leader in the commercial genetic testing
market, today announced it has signed an agreement to supply the Emory
Genetics Laboratory at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) with the Tag-It(TM)
ASR(x) reagents for use in its Ashkenazi Jewish Panel (AJP) gene assay, which
detects gene mutations associated with Tay-Sachs disease, Canavan Disease,
Familial Dysautonomia, Gaucher Disease, Bloom Syndrome, Fanconi Anemia,
Neimann-Pick Disease, and Mucolipidosis Type IV."
"Emory Genetics Laboratory is one of the largest academic diagnostic
laboratories in the southeastern United States and its Molecular Genetics
Laboratory offers a comprehensive suite of genetic assays," said Greg Hines,
President and CEO of Tm Bioscience . Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an in vitro device
(IVD) for diagnostic use in the United States. Tm Bioscience is located
in Toronto, Ontario.org or call (800) 688-8765.

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Tm Bioscience to supply Emory Genetics Laboratory with Tag-It(TM) reagents

Additional information about Tm Bioscience can be found
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A VNR is available at http://www.

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Hagerman co-founded the National Fragile X Foundation in Denver in
1984.genetics. The Company's Tag-It(TM) Cystic
Fibrosis (CF) Kit is the first multiplexed human disease genotyping test to be
cleared by the U.

Michigan Families Help Secure Nearly $2 Million for Fragile X Research and Programs

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich.

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The center
also has established the first national registry of Fragile X patients,
which will allow for treatment studies and a more thorough review of
symptoms. Registration
for the live Webcast , and the post-event archived session, will be
available on Children's Web site at www. Debbie Stabenow , D-Mich. This month, President George W., D.
One out of 130 women and one out of 800 men are carriers of FXS, which
interferes with the production of FMR1 protein needed for typical development.

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(xx)For Investigational Use Only., D.C. Cohen,
48, of West Bloomfield who attended both Wash.

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flexible , high-throughput, low-cost DNA-based tests. Analytical and performance characteristics
are not established.tmbioscience.fragilex.

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This event also
will be available via live Webcast on Children 's Web site.

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"We are seeing growing demand for genetic screening across the state of
Georgia," said Dr.C.
For more information, visit http://www.

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Dr. For additional information , please visit
http://www. "This is a perfect
example of how a single voice is making a difference ," says Jeffrey S., trips and is past
president of the National Fragile X Foundation, a partner with the Dearborn
law firm Archer, Kenney, Wilson and Cohen and father of fraternal twins
Allison and Joshua, 16, who both have Fragile X.

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Carl Levin, D-
Mich.

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She sits on its board and its Scientific and Clinical Advisory
Committee., helped
convince her Senate colleagues to support a new national Fragile X public
health program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities .