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Simple lab-free test to detect bacteria in fluids from water to urine

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Simple lab-free test to detect bacteria in fluids from water to urine.

Novel use of bacteriophages powers the new test.

The new process takes just hours , producing results much more quickly than lab cultures.

Such a test could have provided early and accurate detection in recent listeria contamination of plant-based milk.

BacteriophageActivated DNAzyme Hydrogels combined with Machine Learning enable pointofUse colorimetric detection of Escherichia coli.

The paper's other authors are Yingfu Li , Shadman Khan , Feresheteh Bayat , Jimmy Gu and Kyle Jackson .

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