A New Mexico State University graduate who grew up in a small town south of Las Cruces was named by Forbes magazine among the top 30 young entrepreneurs creating solutions to some of healthcare’s most pressing problems.
Bobby Brooke Herrera grew up in San Miguel and graduated from Gadsden High School. In 2012, he earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from NMSU, with minors in chemistry and religious studies. This week 29-year-old Herrera, who co-founded E25Bio, Inc., was named to Forbes’ 2020 “30 under 30” list for healthcare entrepreneurs.
The company announced in August it had raised $2.3 million in seed funding. Its fever panel is the first of its kind to be able to screen for active viruses and enables a more rapid and accurate diagnosis of infectious diseases in time for patients to receive potentially life-saving treatment.
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