World’s first on-site Legionella DNA test developed by Spartan Bioscience Inc.

By: Kellie Vinal, Ph.D. What if we could stop an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease before it began? Up until now, that’s been an incredibly difficult prospect — one might say it’s virtually impossible. Enter Dr. Paul Lem, an infectious disease medical doctor and CEO of Spartan Bioscience Inc. With a new device he’s spent the last 12 years developing – the world’s smallest on-site DNA analyzer — he’s hoping to revolutionize the standard protocol of testing for Legionnaires’ disease. The threat of Legionnaires’ disease Legionnaires’ disease, which causes a severe form of pneumonia, is contracted by inhaling small, airborne droplets of water containing a type of bacterium called Legionella. In 2015, there were about 6,000 reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the United States. However, some infected individuals recover without an issue or doctor’s visit, and others don’t realize the…

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