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Discover how iXpressGenes is making headlines as a leader in transformative trauma care.
Jun 25, 2025
Veteran-Led Breakthrough Could Revolutionize PTSD Detection
PTSD and trauma often remain hidden until it's too late, but what if a simple blood test could change that?

Jun 11, 2025
Tests to Screen for PTSD, Other Conditions, Born Out of Amy Bishop Mass Shooting in Huntsville
iXG has developed a first-of-its-kind blood test to detect trauma-related inflammation, marking a major step forward in PTSD screening and early intervention.

May 28, 2025
Huntsville Partnership Could Revolutionize Trauma Care—By Treating It as a Biological Injury
Nonprofit Kids to Love and iXpressGenes recently launched a groundbreaking PTSD clinical trial combining therapy with a blood-based inflammation test—believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.

May 16, 2025
Huntsville-Exclusive Clinical Trial Aimed to Help Heal PTSD Patients
Kids to Love is partnering with iXpressGenes (iXG) in kickstarting a new clinical trial aimed at addressing PTSD through bloodwork and therapy.

Mar 25, 2025
WellStone partners with iXpressGenes in program to help care for trauma patients
WellStone, the largest mental health provider in North Alabama, has ordered several hundred Trauma Autoimmune Indicator tests from iXpressGenes, which helps enhance trauma screening.

Feb 13, 2025
UAH mass shooting 15 years later: Professor turning his trauma into a test
Fifteen years after the mass shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a survivor turns that bloodshed into a blood test.

Feb 13, 2025
Huntsville’s biotech industry pioneers PTSD identification and treatment
The city of Huntsville experienced a tragedy on February 12th, 2010, when a biology professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville shot six of her colleagues, killing three of them, during a department meeting.

Feb 13, 2025
Blood test linking chronic illness to trauma born out of UAH shooting tragedy
Looking to revolutionize trauma through a simple blood test. It's a huge undertaking that comes from a place of tragedy. It's been 15 years since the deadly UAH shooting, where a biology professor killed three people and injured three others during a department meeting.

Dec 17, 2024
iXpressGenes Appoints John Schmitt as CEO, Announces Nationwide TAI Test Launch
iXG is proud to appoint co-founder John Schmitt as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and announce the nationwide launch of its Trauma Autoimmune Indicator (TAI) test

Dec 17, 2024
iXpressGenes develops new high performing DNA polymerase for COVID-19 and other pathogen testing
Scientists at iXpressGenes, on the campus of HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, have engineered a new reagent, critical to pathogen detection testing.

Dec 17, 2024
iXpressGenes awarded a $1M DoD contract to develop novel antibiotics from extremophilic microbiomes
iXG has developed a rare environmental DNA library from extremophilic environmental samples, collected from hot springs, thermal vents, and permafrost.
