Celera Corporation was a business unit of the Applera Corporation, but was spun off in July 2008 to become an independent publicly traded company. In May 2011 Quest Diagnostics completed the acquisition of Celera, which thus became a wholly owned subsidiary. Celera focuses on genetic sequencing and related technologies.
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