STMicroelectronics Lab on Chip Detects Food-borne Pathogens in <2h

The recent E Coli (Escherichia Coli) outbreak in Germany resulted in the deaths of more than 30 people and the hospitalization of many more. The German government took a lot of criticism for its apparent fumbling of the investigation into the source of the contamination. Government-response time aside, tracking down biological contaminants is not simple: Lab tests on genetic information on the source of an infection can take days to weeks to perform.

Given those facts, Veredus Laboratories has made a timely introduction: VereFoodborne, a device that can detect 10 to 12 food-borne pathogens, including the Shiga-toxin-producing E Coli, salmonella, listeria, and campylobacter, in one test. It returns results within two hours rather than days.



Veredus based the product on STMicro’s Lab on Chip platform, which comprises a microarray on the chip that allows it to detect multiple pathogens in one test.

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