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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 2, 2001

                                Bio-Plexus, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         Connecticut                    0-24128                 06-1211921
(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission             (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)               File Number)          Identification No.)


                      129 Reservoir Road, Vernon, CT 06066
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (860) 870-6112



          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5. Other Events


         Bio-Plexus, Inc. (the "Company") reports that it has released its
financial results for the year ended December 31, 2000. The press release
related to such results is Exhibit 99.1 to this filing, and is incorporated
herein by reference.



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                 BIO-PLEXUS, INC.



                                 By:      /s/ Kimberley A. Cady
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                                 Name:    Kimberley A. Cady
                                 Title:   Vice President of Finance and
                                          Chief Financial Officer

Date:  April 2, 2001



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




Exhibit No.        Description
               
    99.1          Press Release related to financial results for the year ended
                  December 31, 2000.