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Oct. 11, 2017

New AIDS Test Kit from Beckman Instruments

FULLERTON, Calif. The Diagnostic Systems Group (DSG) of Beckman

Instruments has created a faster and less cumbersome test kit to identify AIDS virus

antibodies which will be available for purchase March 10.

The antibody sequence (ASQ) is currently only available for research use only,

and is Beckmans first major product for AIDS research.

The ASQ test will help make the research laboratory more efficient, explains

Cynthia Brocksen, Market Planning Manager, DSG Special Chemistry. Our kit offers a

four-hour turnaround. The older Western blot test takes 24 hours, and requires the

laboratory technician to inspect and grade each test strip visually based on color intensity.

This subjective system, along with other factors, results in more indeterminate and

improper readings. Our more objective ASQ test removes the guesswork.

Ease of operations and a savings in labor costs are only part of the systems

benefit. The products real value lies in providing an increased amount of information to

researchers.

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It gives researchers a better way to evaluate the effectiveness of the therapies

they are studying, Brocksen adds. We can analyze 6 different HIV antibodies with this

kit over the term of the infection. The old approach simply tells the researcher whether

the antibody is present or not.

Beckmans test goes a step further and shows the antibodys concentration.

By seeing how weak or how strong the antibody is, the researcher can assign a

Beckman AIDS test kit number to it and plot it over time to better determine the state of

infection, Brocksen says.

Brocksen adds that Beckman Instruments has received positive feedback from

some of the worlds leading AIDS researchers who have had a chance to preview the kit

during clinical trials.

This test kit goes beyond many others that I have seen, says John Justice,

Research Technician at AIDS international. We can gather more information in less

time, and bring those finding out of the lab to help people in need.

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ABOUT BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS: Beckman Instruments, Inc., develops,

manufactures and markets automated systems and supplies used for biological analysis in
laboratories for research, quality control and clinical diagnostics. The company has
6,900 employees in thirty-five facilities throughout the world and operates in more than
120 countries.

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