NSF Phase I NSF SBIR/STTR Grant

St. Louis, MO, April 21, 2025 – Cicadea Biotech, LLC, who is revolutionizing how we detect cancer by providing a non-invasive early detection solution to detect kidney cancer announced the award of a Phase I NSF SBIR/STTR grant in support of the development of a urine...
PCR Testing Enables Early Detection of Legionella

PCR Testing Enables Early Detection of Legionella

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe pneumonia typically caused by inhalation of aerosolized water containing Legionella bacteria. These bacteria are transmitted directly from the environment, such as water from showers, hot tubs, water misters, and cooling towers that...

Pathogen Detection by DNA

​DNA detection has been used to detect pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and viruses with significant advantages such as increased sensitivity, accuracy, and testing time. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has become the most important tool for DNA-based pathogen detection....