Who invented it?

Who invented it?

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The tests themselves started in academic laboratories, probably in 1995. It wasn't until about 2000 that commercial laboratories took it on and developed it and opened it up to the market. When the public could obviously buy the test, then it really went from there. Therefore, it has its origins in the academic lab and then proceeded to the commercial lab and out into the public.