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TORONTO — The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) has partnered with Kraken Sense, a leader in real-time pathogen detection devices, as part of research funded in part by the National Research Council of the Canadian Industry Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). I’m here. Test airport wastewater for Monkeypox and Omicron, variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Kraken Sense has tested multiple samples of wastewater at the Toronto Pearson airport, and using its technology he was able to obtain quantitative results within an hour without sacrificing the accuracy of the results. increase. Traditional PCR techniques can take several days to produce results.
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“We are proud to be part of Canada’s first ever GTAA initiative. By conducting these daily tests, we are providing insights into the key variants circulating in our populations to help reduce disease outbreaks. At Kraken Sense, we take every opportunity to improve public health and safety practices through cutting-edge technology,” said Dr. Sarah Mishriki, Product Development Scientist at Kraken Sense. . “This collaboration, using KRAKEN technology, has the potential to improve disease monitoring in Canada and around the world.”
The KRAKEN Pathogen Detection Instrument is fully autonomous and uses automated real-time PCR technology to continuously monitor liquid-based samples for up to three target bacteria and viruses at once. Sample preparation and analysis can be performed autonomously on the device, while raw samples can be programmed to automatically load the device at any frequency. Quantified results are uploaded to the cloud for long-term monitoring of samples. Strain-specific features allow KRAKEN to identify the exact variants present in your sample. As such, it may provide health authorities with a clear picture of strains present in wastewater from airport terminals and aircraft.
Kraken Sense CEO Nisha Sarveswaran said:
Wastewater monitoring is essential for early detection, as infected individuals may shed the pathogen before they show symptoms. Kraken Sense’s technology makes quantified results available in real-time to quickly and accurately identify multiple of her COVID-19 strains. Because KRAKEN tests accumulated wastewater from aircraft and terminals, the test is non-invasive and does not slow down passenger traffic at the airport.
Rapid detection can provide advance warning of potential epidemics. Wastewater monitoring is essential to identify infectious disease threats before they compromise public health. KRAKEN is the first fully autonomous real-time pathogen detection platform capable of continuously monitoring potential pathogen surges and providing information that may support public health efforts.
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About Kraken Sense:
Kraken Sense is a leading developer of autonomous real-time pathogen detection devices. Our mission is to make pathogen detection fast, easy, and accessible to everyone. To ensure that pathogen detection is rapid, accurate, autonomous, and non-invasive as emerging new pathogenic diseases spread rapidly and pressures on food and water resources increase worldwide. is more important than ever.
About the Greater Toronto Airport Authority
The Greater Toronto Airport Authority is the operator of Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Canada’s largest airport and a vital hub for people, businesses and goods. Toronto Pearson has been named “North America’s Best Large Airport Serving More Than 40 Million Passengers” for the fifth consecutive year by the International Airports Council (ACI), the international trade representative of airports around the world. rice field. ACI has also awarded Toronto Pearson the “North America’s Best Sanitation Practices” award for the third consecutive year in recognition of its healthy airport program, and Toronto Pearson has It was the first Canadian airport to receive ACI global health certification. .
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