Smartphone Device Detects Toxins in Water

Smartphone Device Detects Toxins in Water
Jun-26-19
A smartphone device able to quickly detect toxic algae blooms in water offers an early warning system for the potential health threat.

Blue-green algae blooms are caused by cyanotoxins, and can be fatal to humans. While typical testing requires a sample be sent to a lab, the smartphone device created by the team from North Caroline State University can be used on site. The reader features a chip loaded with apatmers, molecules that bind to target molecules—the four common types of cyanotoxins in this case—and cause them to fluoresce. Results are delivered in just five minutes.

Smartphone Device Detects Toxins in Water


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