Globally, nearly 6,000 children die each day due to water-related illnesses. The WaterChip consortium combines academic and industry partners with expertise in molecular biology (ILS Ahmedabad, India), bioanalytical services (Food GmbH, Germany), pathogen detection technology development (IPHT, Germany) and on-site detection technology (ABC Genomics, India), in order to realize a great innovative solution: Rapid (in less than 1-hr) detection platforms covering waterborne pathogens, their indicators, and associated sources of antibiotic resistance bacteria on a single chip.

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