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Gen-Probe to Webcast Presentation at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference

About Gen-Probe

Gen-Probe Incorporated is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of rapid, accurate and cost-effective nucleic acid tests (NATs) that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases and screen donated human blood. Gen-Probe has approximately 25 years of NAT expertise, and received the 2004 National Medal of Technology, America's highest honor for technological innovation, for developing NAT assays for blood screening. Gen-Probe is headquartered inSan Diego and employs approximately 1,000 people. For more information, go to http://www.gen-probe.com.

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     Paula Izidoro
     Investor Relations
     858-410-8904

SOURCE Gen-Probe Incorporated