PositiveID Corporation (fka PSID)

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@madmax

I have done extensive research on Luminex systems. Yes, they are quite advanced when it comes to clinical detection, which is what I mentioned in my earlier post. I said that they have a huge future ahead of them in this regard.

However, what the BioWatch Gen 3 is is completely different from what Luminex systems have been used for so far. Your post about detecting pathogens inside the host and monitoring for disease spread is completely different than monitoring and detecting the environment (essentially air detection).

M-BAND is not a clinical device, it is environmental. Two completely different roles to fill. It seems like now Luminex system has ventured into biodefense, too, as seen in their bids in BioWatch. However, it is somewhat of a fallacy to use their track record in a different scope to determine their virtues in another.