An innovative disease detection technology developed by UT and UT Institute of Agriculture researchers is on its way to the marketplace. Meridian Bioscience Inc. has entered into a technology and commercial license agreement with the UT Research Foundation for the development of the technology that could result in low cost, point-of-care disease detection using a portable device. Meridian Bioscience is a life science company that manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of diagnostic test kits and other technologies.