wastewater surveillance
Ginkgo Bioworks, Ceres Nanosciences Partner on Pathogen Monitoring
The partners have already set up labs in the Middle East and Africa and plan to build wastewater testing capacity in countries where Ginkgo has pathogen monitoring programs.
CDC Greatly Expands Number of Infectious Disease Targets for National Wastewater Surveillance
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The National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) will test sewage for gastrointestinal, respiratory, and antimicrobial resistance targets using digital PCR.
Ginkgo Bioworks Partners With Ukraine on Wastewater Testing; CDC on Flu Monitoring
The announcements come a week after Ginkgo announced that it would meet its full-year 2022 revenue guidance on the strength of biosecurity revenues.
Ceres Nanosciences Wins $1.4M in NIH RADx Funding for Additional Wastewater Epidemiology Centers
Ceres will identify and establish five new centers of excellence to join an existing network of 16 sites that was established with prior RADx funding.
The finding underscores the need to standardize sampling protocols to minimize biases in wastewater antimicrobial resistance monitoring.