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Australian Government Awards Proteome System $2M to Develop New TB Test

Mar 18, 2005

NEW YORK, March 18 (GenomeWeb News) - Proteome Systems has won a $2 million START grant from the Australian government to continue developing a new diagnostic for tuberculosis.

 

The new antibody-based TB test is expected to be in prototype form within 18 months, Proteome Systems said.

 

Existing tests for TB can take between 24 hours and several weeks to deliver results. The new test being developed by Proteome Systems will deliver an accurate result in a time frame of between several minutes and a few hours, according to the company.

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