Rapid, portable, live bacterial cell detector

Cytecom是一家来自华威大学的创新的新衍生公司，其技术将彻底改变产品的细菌测试过程。作为ICURE计划的结果，我们能够用来自市场和企业的新信息来指导我们的科学发现过程。这使我们能够明确需要一种快速、可靠和准确的细菌检测器。目前(可靠的)方法需要48-72小时。这会在饮料、食品生产和医学评估期间造成延迟和不确定性。我们的技术允许在轻按开关(不到一小时)即可检测和识别活细菌，而不会影响准确性。这是对现有技术的戏剧性改进。这笔资金将使我们能够利用我们的实验室原型探测器，制造一个紧凑的版本，可以在现场部署，为确保我们的食物和水安全的人提供这些独特的能力，并最终加快医疗专业人员的诊断过程。

Cytecom is an innovative new spin-out company from the University of Warwick with technology that will revolutionise the process of testing products for bacteria. As a result of the ICURe program we were able to guide our scientific discovery process with new information from markets and businesses. This allowed us to identify a clear need for a fast reliable and accurate bacteria detector. Current (reliable) methods require 48-72 hours. This causes delays and uncertainty during manufacture of beverages, food and during medical evaluations. Our technology allows the detection and identification of live bacteria at the flick of a switch (less than one hour) without sacrificing accuracy. This is a dramatic improvement on existing technologies. This funding will allow us to take our laboratory prototype detector and make a version which is compact and can be deployed in the field, providing these unique capabilities to the people who keep our food and water safe and ultimately accelerating diagnostic processes for medical professionals.