T2Biosystems Announces Presentation of Data at ASM 2011 Demonstrating Rapid Detection of Candida with Single-Process Magnetic Biosensor Test

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing next generation diagnostic products, today announced that data from studies performed on the company’s novel magnetic resonance diagnostic platform will be presented at the 2011 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM 2011), May 21- 24, 2011, in New Orleans, LA. The data to be presented highlight the efficacy, sensitivity, and utility of the company’s magnetic biosensor test in detecting the fungal pathogen Candida directly in whole blood from patients with the fungal infection, candidemia.