Company profile: LeadCare Inc.

As a practicing pediatrician, Dr. Steve Wegner is on the front lines in preventing and treating childhood disease. But he wanted to make larger impact. He credits his wife, Lynn, a partner in his pediatric practice in Dunn, N.C., with steering him toward lead testing.

"She saw that concern about childhood lead poisoning was growing," said Wegner. "It is a larger and more prevalent problem than most people realize."

Mutual acquaintances introduced Wegner to Dr. Robert Henkens, a professor of biochemistry at Duke University and biotechnology entrepreneur. Henkens, f