2 October 2009 - Bioo Scientific has been awarded a grant by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of technology to detect food contaminants.
The company has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase Two grant totalling USD350,000 (GBP220,426) from the USDA.
Bioo Scientific is developing enzymatic assays that are ideal for the detection of low-molecular-weight analytes, such as melamine, which are too small to be measured accurately using Elisa assays.