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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                 August 11, 2005

                               TRANSGENOMIC, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                   000-30975                  911789357
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   (State of Incorporation)          (Commission              (IRS Employer
                                     File Number)         Identification Number)

       12325 Emmet Street, Omaha, Nebraska                         68164
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     (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

                                 (402) 452-5400
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     On August 11, 2005, Transgenomic, Inc. issued a press release announcing
its financial results for the second quarter of 2005. A copy of the press
release is being furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K.

     The information referenced in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including
Exhibit 99.1 referenced in Item 9.01 below) is being "furnished" under "Item
2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition" and, as such, shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section. The information set forth in this Current Report on
Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 referenced in Item 9.01 below) shall not be
incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)   Exhibits.

      (99.1)   Press release dated August 11, 2005, announcing 
               Transgenomic, Inc.'s financial results for the second quarter of 
               2005.

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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  August 11, 2005                            TRANSGENOMIC, INC.

                                                   By: /s/ Mitchell L. Murphy
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                                                       Mitchell L. Murphy,
                                                       VP, Secretary & Treasurer

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