Rapid and efficient DNA chip technology for testing 14 major types of food borne pathogens
Toshiba Ltd and Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health collaborate in the development of a rapid and efficient DNA chip technology for testing 14 major types of food borne pathogens for applications in hygiene management in food manufacture, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The researchers are affiliated with the Kawasaki INnovation Gateway at SKYFRONT, Japan.
Conventional methods for testing food-borne pathogens is based on the cultivation of pathogens, a process that is complicated and time consuming. So there is demand for alternative methods to test for food-borne pathogens that are simpler, quick and applicable to a wide range of potential applications.
Now Toshiba Ltd and Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health have collaborated in the development of a rapid and efficient automatic abbreviated DNA detection technology that can test for 14 major types of food borne pathogens. The so called ‘DNA chip card’ employs electrochemical DNA chips and overcomes the complicated procedures associated with genetic testing of conventional methods. The ‘DNA chip card’ is expected to find applications in hygiene management in food manufacture, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
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