BEVERLY, Mass., June 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LexaGene Holdings Inc. (OTCQB:LXXGF) (TSX-V:LXG) (the “Company”), a biotechnology company that develops instrumentation for pathogen detection, announced today that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostics Laboratory. Under this agreement, Texas A&M will provide canine urine samples to LexaGene for testing on the Company’s LX6 prototype for more effective pathogen detection. Prior to sending the samples to LexaGene, Texas A&M will characterize them using conventional diagnostic technologies.
“We are happy to add Texas A&M to our growing list of collaborators that are sending us samples, as this allows us to continue to refine our assays and optimize the LX6 prototype. It is important for us to work with collaborators in different geographic regions to get adequate representation of diseases that thrive in different climates,” said Dr. Jack Regan, LexaGene’s CEO. He continues, “For example, Rickettsia (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) is a tick-borne infection that commonly affects dogs in the Mid-West and Southern states, but is found less often in the Northern states. Conversely, Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are common dog pathogens in the Northeast but are rarely found in the South. For this reason, we need to have collaborators in all corners of the United States to ensure the LX6 is equally effective in each state.”
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About LexaGene Holdings Inc.
LexaGene is a biotechnology company developing the very first easy-to-use fully automated pathogen detection platform that is open-access, the LX6. The open-access feature will empower end-users to target any pathogen of interest, as they can load their own real-time PCR assays onto the instrument for customized pathogen detection. End-users simply need to collect a sample, load it onto the instrument with a sample preparation cartridge, and press ‘go’. The instrument is expected to offer excellent sensitivity, specificity, and breadth of pathogen detection. The instrument will be able to process six samples at a time, in an on-demand fashion, returning results in about 1 hour. The company expects to sell its technology in the food safety, veterinary diagnostics, water quality monitoring, and aquaculture pathogen surveillance markets.
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