ARUP Laboratories, a national reference laboratory based at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta as a formal partner in the development of a test for avian influenza A (H5N1), or bird flu. The CDC said ARUP is one of five lab partners. The others are Quest Diagnostics, Labcorp, Aegis Sciences and Ginkgo Bioworks.

“Our selection for this partnership recognizes ARUP’s 40-plus-year history of quality test development, our commitment to innovation and our commitment to meeting Please log in to see the rest of this story.