A Turkish and Romanian project, coordinated by European Union (EU) research network Eureka, is to develop quartz crystal microbalance-based diagnosis systems and instruments, which can detect genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and hemoglobinopathies.

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Turkey’s Middle East Technical University, and Romania’s National Institute For Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, plus the country’s Vasco Ltd have joined the Eureka consortium. They will from this year until June 2007 develop quartz systems coated with protein and nucleic acid probes that could detect GM ingredients.


They are currently looking for more partners for this project, which is potentially very useful for the food industry. For more information, click here.

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