Liquid Crystals & Northeast Ohio Revolutionizing How We Test for Dangerous Bacteria in Food
Posted by ThePlus - 10.27.2011
Who would have thought that the same technology used to light up our smart phones and flat screen TVs could one day be used to test our food for dangerous bacteria? Innovators in Northeast Ohio – that is who. By utilizing liquid crystal technology, which originated in Kent in the 1970s, developers at Kent-based startup, Crystal Diagnostics, are poised to revolutionize how food is tested.
Crystal Diagnostics recently unveiled its ground-breaking approach, which revolves around liquid crystals’ unique properties. Their distinctive pathogen tester is able to detect multiple harmful pathogens like salmonella and E. coli in a half-hour or less. At a time when current food-borne pathogen tests can take “hours or days to pinpoint a single contaminant,” Crystal Diagnostics is proving the value of their technology, which was developed at Kent State University and the Northeast Ohio Medical University.
For more on how liquid crystals are revolutionizing food testing, follow the links below and be sure to check out this video from Crystal Diagnostics.
+ New Ohio-developed liquid crystal test will aid in hunt for food pathogens
+ Local researchers cook up way to reduce food-borne illnesses
+ Pathogen Detection System Launched
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