The company was thrust into the limelight after the 2001 anthrax attacks as one of the few companies producing rapid , accurate biodetection field units based on DNA analysis . Cepheid had developed unique improvements on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 's fast-cycling technique for preparing DNA samples . Federal agencies used Cepheid machines to detect the spreading anthrax contamination and identify its possible sources
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
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