A University of Maryland, Baltimore County spinout, known for its diagnostic device which aims to identify patients with blood-borne bacterial infections, has partnered with a regional healthcare company’s research arm.
2022 RealLIST Startup Astek Diagnostics announced its partnership with the MedStar Health Research Institute on Tuesday. The collaboration’s objective, according to an announcement on Astek Diagnostics’ website, is to advance innovation in identifying urinary tract infections (UTIs) and detecting antibiotic sensitivities with the company’s Jiddu Analyzer.
This partnership with the research wing of MedStar Health, a major healthcare provider with operations spread out between Baltimore and DC, started with a pilot study initiated by Astek at the University of Maryland, Baltimore between June 2022 and May 2023. According to the release, the results from that pilot study caught the attention of MedStar and its director of spinal cord injury research within the MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, Dr. Suzanne Groah.
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