Students Create Low-Cost Biosensor to Detect Contaminated Water in Developing Nations

Diarrheal disease is the second-leading cause of death in children under five years old - killing as many as 1.5 million children worldwide every year. These startling statistics from the World Health Organization (2009) point to the reason why a group of undergraduate students from Arizona State University is working to develop a low-cost biosensor - a simple device that would detect contaminated drinking water.

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