Idaho Technology, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology

Biotechnology

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 company located in the University of Utah Research Park

University of Utah Research Park

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 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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. Founded in 1990, Idaho Technology licensed a pioneering technology from the University of Utah

University of Utah

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 for the world's fastest DNA based biological agent and pathogen detection device. Researchers, medical technicians, law enforcement officers, and even soldiers in the field use the company's devices to detect or study disease-causing organisms.

Some of their products include:

• Biological weapons detection system (RAZOR EX and R.A.P.I.D)
• Freeze-Dried Reagents and Sample Preparation Kits (IT 1-2-3 kits)
• Genotyping and mutation discovery systems (Lightscanner and LS32)
• Food and water security systems (R.A.P.I.D. LT)
• User-Friendly Multiplex PCR (FilmArray)

One interesting accomplishment is their anthrax

Anthrax

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 detection kit. With the efforts of the United States Army

United States Army

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, Navy

United States Navy

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 and Air Force

United States Air Force

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, their laboratories produced a kit that reduced the time for detection to 1 hour. Prior methods, such as growing a culture, can take as long as several days for results. On 12 October 2007, this kit won FDA approval.