NC State spinout Galaxy Diagnostics confronts mysterious health menace

Bartonella are small bacteria that can cause big health problems.

Pervasive in the environment and difficult to detect, they can persist in the body for weeks or months unnoticed before causing serious chronic illnesses with symptoms including fatigue, joint pain, blurred vision, headaches, fever, skin rashes and more.

A small Morrisville bioscience company, Galaxy Diagnostics, is confronting this mysterious health menace with a growing suite of commercial tests for accurately detecting Bartonella and other pathogens in people and animals.