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Alere, Becton Dickinson, BioGene Ltd., Inanovate UK Ltd., Mast Group Ltd., MicroLab Devices Ltd., Randox Laboratories, Sepsis Ltd., Smiths Group plc diagnostic

April 16, 2012 7:00 AM UTC

The U.K.'s Technology Strategy Board announced the awarding of grants totaling £8 million ($12.7 million) to 12 R&D projects on the diagnosis, detection and management of sepsis. The projects include work to develop a point-of-care diagnostic to detect multiple pathogens and antibiotic resistance profiles, and to develop biomarker-based cellular assays to predict stages of infection and sepsis. The grants are the result of R&D funding competitions announced last July. ...