October 21, 2023
DTU-Denmark # FluoroLoop - An Aptamer-Based PFAS Detection Method # Today in Denmark, the question is not where PFAS are, but where PFAS aren’t. Our project centres around this class of forever chemicals, which accumulate in the environment and our bodies with highly detrimental effects. While efforts are made to identify the extent of the contamination, detection methods are expensive and time-consuming, primarily relying on LC/MS. Our goal is to create a quick, cheap, and easy-to-use PFAS biosensor to aid detection.
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October 21, 2023
Manual-KY # PFAS Detection and Characterization -inator # PFAS (per and poly fluoroalkyl substances) are an increasingly prevalent threat. PFAS are industrial products that are resilient to degradation and widespread in the environment, including our home state of Kentucky. PFAS are responsible for a variety of human diseases, such as cancers, birth defects, autoimmune responses, and many more characterized and potentially uncharacterized impacts. PFAS testing is also very inaccessible, requiring mass spectroscopy machines that not many places have.
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