Luminex Donates Company's First MAGPIX Multiplexing System to Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced it has donated the first commercial unit of its newly launched MAGPIX(R) instrument to Professor Peter Siba and his scientific team at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. The instrument will be used onsite in Papua New Guinea to progress malaria research led by Dr. Peter Zimmerman, Professor of International Health, Genetics and Biology at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University. Malaria has long been a leading cause of death in Papua New Guinea and is a significant public health challenge in the nation.

Source: Luminex