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New technology from SensoPath Technologies, Inc in Bozeman helps detect bioterrorist agents

A technology to detect and identify bioterrorist pathogens — such as anthrax toxin, botulism toxin, plague and tularemia bacteria — is the focus of a new Bozeman business.

By MSU News Service Bozeman Chronicle

"Our technology will give first-responders the information they need to begin treating those exposed to pathogens," said Brenda Spangler, CEO of SensoPath Technologies, Inc http://www.sensopath.com/

Currently, pathogen identification can take from 24 to 48 hours or longer and must be done in a laboratory.

SensoPath’s technology — developed at Montana State University — can be used in a field-portable kit that can sample and identify pathogens in as little as 15 minutes on the scene, according to Spangler.

The technology is on a fast track to market, said Spangler, who is also an associate research professor at MSU.

Later-stage development of the technology may be used to identify causes of outbreaks of food- and water-borne pathogens that sicken people, including cholera, Norwalk virus, E. coli, and salmonella.

SensoPath has six employees and is located at TechRanch in Bozeman’s Advanced Technology Park.

The business is being developed with the help of a grant from the National Science Foundation aimed at "home-growing" new Montana companies through Montana State University’s TechLink Center and its affiliate, TechRanch.

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SensoPath Technologies

910 Technology Blvd. Ste. A

Bozeman, MT 59718

(406) 585-8192

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Management Team:

In addition, the National Institutes of Health has given SensoPath a research grant to further develop the food and waterborne pathogen technology.

SensoPath is a spin-off from MA Technologies, Inc. of Bozeman, a company that also is developing MSU-licensed technology.

Spangler has worked with bacterial protein toxins for the past 17 years and has degrees in biology and chemistry/biochemistry.

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