I work in a clinical microbiology lab.PCR has been around for...

I work in a clinical microbiology lab.

PCR has been around for decades now and while it completely changed how we test for viruses and fastidious organisms (bugs that are difficult grow) it hasn't changed the fact we still need to culture bacteria in order to test their susceptibility to antibiotics...which is the primary information Drs want to know when sending a microbiology sample off to the pathology lab.

There are numerous technologies that 'threaten' the current practices in the micro lab but it will be decades before we have to stop actually culturing bacteria from samples.

APAS has a role for a while to come. The issue is the company grossly overstated its potential market.