NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Rheonix has been awarded a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant to further develop its Chemistry and Reagent Device, or CARD, system for the detection of certain types of water contamination.
The Ithaca, NY- based molecular diagnostics firm said it will use the grant to develop the CARD system for recreational water testing for the presence of fecal indicator bacteria. FIB testing is routinely done for US beaches to ensure the water is not contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria, Rheonix said.
The underlying CARD system, it added, also has applications in markets, such as human and veterinary in vitro diagnostics, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, food and beverage manufacturing, food and water safety testing, and homeland security and defense applications.