Critical Needs
Real-Time Pathogen Detection for Rapid Threat Response
Monitoring the Essentials
Safe water, food, and air are essential to everyone, everywhere, but threats to these necessities are ever present and growing. There is a critical unmet need for continuous, real time detection and identification of air- and waterborne protozoa, bacteria, and viruses to enable a rapid response to biothreats and bioweapons and contaminants impacting food safety and water quality.
Accelerated threat detection and identification with continuous, autonomous environmental monitoring to save lives. Biological threats, such as Covid-19 and bioweapons—like bacillus anthracis (anthrax), one of the most severe threats facing the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security—can result in significant loss of life and worldwide destabilization.
Detecting foodborne pathogens at the source within seconds—before human consumption occurs. In recent years, the food industry has seen a significant increase in the number of reported incidents of illness caused by food contamination.
Ensuring drinking water safety with 24/7 pathogen monitoring and rapid detection. Natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, introduce significant amounts of contaminants into both surface and groundwater sources, compromising water quality.
Meeting the demand for point-of-care diagnostics with immediate results. The increased prevalence of infectious diseases including Covid-19, hepatitis, and influenza, combined with greater awareness of the benefits of early diagnosis are driving the need for rapid point-of care diagnostics.
