Infectio Diagnostic Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Current microbial diagnostics take two to three days to identify infectious agents. During that time, patients in hospitals might not receive the appropriate treatment, or might infect others with antibiotic-resistant microbes. Infectio Diagnostic is developing a rapid DNA diagnostic that will be able to identify infecious microbes in under an hour.
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