Consortium to develop ultra-sensitive biosensor
Researchers from a consortium of universities are developing a low-cost, ultra sensitive biosensor.
UK-based Cambridge, Manchester and Bolton universities will join forces with China’s Zhejiang University in the three-year EPSRC-sponsored project to develop a microdevice able to measure everything from home diagnosis of disease to chemical plant monitoring and anti-bioterrorism and pandemic detection.
A biosensors is a type of microdevice able to measure very small concentrations of biological molecules or chemical substances through specific bio-binding or chemical absorption. They work by recording reactions between chemicals or agents on their surface and others to which they are exposed.
Professor Jack Luo of Bolton’s Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, and leader of the project, explained: “Our aim is to develop a universal detection system that can have various surface properties depending on what the sensor is to be used for.”
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