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Universal Detection Enhances Its Anthrax Detector.(Anthrax 'Smoke' Detector )(Brief Article)

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| December 06, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Close-Up Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Universal Detection Technology announced today that it has enhanced the sensitivity of the Anthrax 'Smoke' Detector (ASD) by improving sample collection efficiency.

The ASD is based on a technology developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was originally used to ensure that spacecraft sent to other planets did not harbor terrestrial life.

The technology uses a time-gated spectrometer to measure the luminescence of Dipicolinic acid (DPA), a chemical unique to bacterial spores, when it binds to a chemical sensor.

"We noticed during our test trials that we were not achieving a 100 percent binding efficiency from the released DPA with the chemical sensor," said Amir Ettehadieh, ...

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