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Article: Integrated Nano-Technologies Receives Grant From National Science Foundation For Innovative Detector of Biological Agents.
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- June 16, 2003
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Science Foundation awarded Integrated Nano-Technologies (INT) a grant for further development of chemical processes pertaining to its BioDetect(TM) system. The device is the first accurate, lightweight, electronic, field-portable sensor for the detection of biological agents.
INT's BioDetect(TM) is a lightweight electronic-based system that rapidly and accurately identifies biological pathogens, such as the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), as well as Anthrax and Smallpox, using their DNA. The system returns accurate results in minutes, and is small enough to be ...