The Ministry of Defence invites applications to tender for research and experimental development services for a simple device for the detection of toxins in clinical samples.
The aim of this call is the development of a hand-held device for the rapid identification of personnel exposed to ricin and other toxins. Proof of principle for ricin is needed initially, but subsequent development is likely to be required to deliver a multiplexed capability to enable interrogation of a single sample for the presence of several toxins with a single device. Although alternative technologies with similar capabilities will be considered, the suggested method is an immunoaffinity chromatography column.
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