Our life sciences business, referred to as the "CombiMatrix group," is
comprised of our wholly owned subsidiary, CombiMatrix Corporation and
CombiMatrix Corporation's majority-owned subsidiary, Advanced Material Sciences,
Inc., or Advanced Material Sciences, and wholly owned subsidiary, CombiMatrix
K.K. CombiMatrix Corporation is a life sciences technology company with a
proprietary system for rapid, cost competitive creation of DNA and other
compounds on a programmable semiconductor chip. This proprietary technology has
applications in the areas of genomics, proteomics, biosensors, drug discovery,
drug development, diagnostics, combinatorial chemistry, material sciences and
nanotechnology.  ... More..."http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/edgar_conv_html%2f2004%2f03%2f03%2f0001019687-04-000429.html#FIS_BUSINESS"