A 2-in-1 test for detecting E. coli in ground beef and other foods

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 17:57 in Health & Medicine

Scientists today reported development of the first two-in-one test that can simultaneously detect both the E. coli bacteria responsible for terrible food poisoning outbreaks, and the toxins, or poisons, that the bacteria use to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and other symptoms in its victims. They described it at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), being held here this week.

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