Logo

ANP Technologies Pays Cogent Systems $500,000 to Co-Develop Biodetection System

Mar 02, 2005

NEW YORK, March 2 (GenomeWeb News) - ANP Technologies has paid Cogent Systems $500,000 for technology to be used in a low-cost rapid biological detection system, the companies said today.

 

Using Cogent's application-specific integrated circuit, including its pattern-recognition algorithm, ANP has built a detection system for the identification and quantification of biological agents, including B. anthracis spores and botulinum toxin, as well as biomarkers of certain diseases. Cogent also provides integration of automated data management and data mining software.

 

The detection system will be used by Department of Defense programs and agencies such as the Joint Service Water Monitor program, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the NavalMedicalResearchCenter.

 

ANP, a nanobiotechnology company and contractor for the US Army, is based in Newark, Del. Cogent is located in South Pasadena, Calif.

Breaking News
The Scan

Purnell Choppin Dies

Purnell Choppin, a virologist who led the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has died at 91, according to the Washington Post.

Effectiveness May Decline, Data From Israel Suggests

The New York Times reports that new Israeli data suggests a decline in Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine effectiveness against Delta variant infection, though protection against severe disease remains high.

To See Future Risk

Slate looks into the use of polygenic risk scores in embryo screening.

PLOS Papers on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus, Bone Marrow Smear Sequencing, More

In PLOS this week: genomic analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, archived bone marrow sequencing, and more.