New biosensor for most serious form of Listeria food poisoning bacteria

Monday, April 27, 2009 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

Scientists in Indiana are reporting development of a new biosensor for use in a faster, more sensitive test for detecting the deadliest strain of Listeria food poisoning bacteria. That microbe causes hundreds of deaths and thousands of hospitalisations each year in the United States, particularly among people with weakened immune systems. Their study appears in the current issue of ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal...

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