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April 8, 2008
Sionex chosen to supply sensor systems to Draper Labs for TB biomarker detection
BEDFORD, Mass., April 8, 2008 - Sionex Corporation, a leading producer of commercialized chemical and biological sensors and sub-systems, today announced that it has been selected by The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. as the supplier of trace-detection systems to put Draper's biomarker technology to use in detecting tuberculosis. Sionex's microAnalyzer(tm), based on the company's Differential Mobility Spectrometry (DMS) technology, will be used by Draper as a portable diagnostic and therapeutic device to detect tuberculosis (TB) or rapidly determine resistant TB using techniques such as trace volatile or breath analysis.