News J-WAFS Solutions project could offer cheaper, faster food testing using smartphone technology

MIT News April 5, 2017

A new safety test for foodborne pathogens is in development by J-WAFS Solutions grantee Timothy Swager, John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry at MIT, and his lab. A paper published on March 23rd in the journal ACS Central Science, details this new way to perform food safety sensing – using a novel type of liquid droplet that can bind to bacterial proteins. This interaction could offer a much faster and cheaper alternative to existing food safety tests.