Phthisis Diagnostics

February 12, 2010
Phthisis Awarded NIH SBIR

Phthisis Diagnostics has been awarded a phase I SBIR award from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. This 12 month award will focus on developing a prototype for a molecular diagnostic for Microsporidia. Microsporidia cause a cryptic enteric infection and will benefit from the development of an easy-to-use and sensitive [...]

January 16, 2010
Phthisis Awarded NSF SBIR

Phthisis Diagnostics has been awarded a phase I SBIR award from the National Science Foundation. This 6 month award focuses on synthetic biology, creating synthetic standards for use in various areas such as water quality, clinical diagnostics, and basic research. Dr. Crystal Icenhour will serve as Principal Investigator on this award with Brian Loyal serving [...]

Location
705 Dale Avenue
Charlottesville, VA
22903

Phone
(434) 293-8180

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Phthisis Diagnostics is a molecular diagnostics research and development company that develops products for various infectious diseases. Molecular technology presents significant advantages to laboratories in superior quality, ease-of-use, and significant cost savings.

Cure Requires Diagnosis

The fourth leading cause of death in the Untied Stated is infectious disease – 14 million people die each year. Early and proper diagnosis is key to delivering proper treatment and improving patient care. Phthisis Diagnostics works with diagnostic partners around the world toward this goal. Specialties include:

Fecal DNA extraction
Molecular biology
Infectious disease diagnostics
Parasitology
Mycology

Global Health with Modern Medicine

Phthisis Diagnostics is committed to improving global health, and has been instrumental in establishing a non-profit foundation, Marafiki Foundation. Marafiki Foundation is working to bring modern diagnostics to developing nations. Visit Marafiki Foundation for more information.