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UMass Amherst chemical engineer receives $1.4M NSF grant to create programmable living devices for drinking water contaminant removal

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. — Lauren Andrews, University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor and the Marvin and Eva Schlanger Faculty Fellow in the department of chemical engineering, has received a three-year, $1.4 Credit: UMass […].

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Some food contamination starts in the soil

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Credit: Matt Limmer When most people hear “food contamination,” they think of bacteria present on unwashed fruits or vegetables, or undercooked meat. However, there are other ways for harmful contaminants to be present in food products.

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Scientists engineer safe, virus-resistant E coli for research

Drug Discovery World

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, US researchers have modified E coli bacteria to be immune to infection by all natural viruses tested so far. The team used two safeguard methods to prevent the bacteria and their modified genes from escaping into the wild.

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New Rapid Salmonella Test Could Accelerate Poultry Safety

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Researchers at McMaster University in Canada have developed a rapid Salmonella test for detecting contamination in chicken and other foods, which could help to reduce the cost of food processing and improve food safety. In the US alone, the bacteria is estimated to cause around 1.35

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Bioterrorism: A Threat To The Healthcare And Global Peace

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The spread of Covide-19 pandemic has brought significant attention from the government and healthcare bodies around the world towards the threat of biological agents (bacteria, viruses or toxins). The deliberate use of viruses and bacteria to harm people or communities is called Bioterrorism. What is the purpose of bioterrorism?

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Improving quality control for CAR T cell therapies

Drug Discovery World

Finally, in 2017, after years of improving T cell engineering techniques, the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy received FDA approval. The immune system typically identifies foreign entities such as bacteria and viruses and activates lymphocytes such as T cells to destroy them with overwhelming force.