Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Transgenomic, Inc. on Form S-3 and in Post-effective amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement Nos. 333-108319, 333-111442 and 333-114661 of our report dated March 26, 2004 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s receipt of a waiver of the borrowing base limit on its existing line of credit and a convertible note agreement in the first quarter of 2004 and the Company’s change in method of accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets in connection with the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142,Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, in 2002) appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Transgenomic, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2003, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Omaha, Nebraska
September 13, 2004
