Nucleic acid diagnostics for fresh water pathogens. (Feature/Chronique).(procedure developed by University of Toronto scientists)

From: Canadian Chemical News | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

A new DNA-based procedure is poised to dramatically reduce the time it takes to assess the bacterial contamination of water, the cause of the Walkerton tragedy. A University of Toronto team is working on a tool that can be used for everthing from the rapid monitoring of beach and drinking water quality to potentially assessing bioterrorism concerns -- and the test results are being passed on to a chemist whose goal is to use fibre-optic sensors in a system that will continually and quickly monitor water quality.

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