Galaxy Diagnostics, the One Health Commission, Louisiana One Health in Action (LOHA), and the One Health Student Club at Tulane partnered to present an educational “Barbecue and Bartonella” event for medical students, veterinarians, public health faculty, and other interested parties on March 28th 2019 at the Tulane School of Public Health. Approximately 70 attendees gathered […]
Amanda Elam, President and CEO of Galaxy Diagnostics, Reflects on the Past 10 Years
Ten years ago, I joined the Galaxy Diagnostics founding team to make the BAPGM testing technology and Bartonella ePCR™ available for clinical and research use in both animal and human medicine. After over a decade in research on entrepreneurship and innovation and multiple start-up experiences, I was excited to organize and launch a high-technology company […]
Dr. Breitschwerdt Discusses Bartonella on North Carolina State University Podcast
Galaxy Diagnostics co-founder Dr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt, a research professor at the North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine, earlier this week spoke with the NCSU news podcast Audio Abstract about Bartonella. The audio podcast and a transcript are available on the NCSU website. This podcast serves as an educational resource for […]
Galaxy Diagnostics Scientists Publish Case Study of Bartonella and Sudden-Onset Adolescent Schizophrenia
Galaxy Diagnostics co-founders Edward B. Breitschwerdt and Ricardo G. Maggi and medical director B. Robert Mozayeni, along with consulting physicians and others at the North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine published a clinical case report of Bartonella henselae bloodstream infection (aka cat scratch disease) associated with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). […]
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is not the only Rickettsiosis
Rickettsia species cause moderate to severe symptoms ranging from fever to internal hemorrhaging. The symptoms and their severity depend on which species is present and how long the patient has been infected. Like Bartonella and Ehrlichia, Rickettsia species are intracellular bacteria, which means that they can live inside cells in the host. Rocky Mountain spotted […]
Dr. Breitschwerdt’s Thoughts on Galaxy Diagnostics’ 10 Year Anniversary
When I was attending veterinary school in the 1970s, Bartonella was not known to infect animals or humans in North America. Thus, as a young veterinarian, I had never heard of bartonellosis. It would be another 20 years before these bacteria were found in humans with AIDS in cities throughout the United States. Some twenty […]
