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"<p>Universal Detection Technology has responded to the Department of  Homeland Security's recent request for research proposals aimed at detecting and  containing harmful bioagents used for bioterrorism, including  anthrax.<br /><br />&nbsp;&ldquo;We plan to work with the DHS and other government  agencies in providing the best products and technologies to combat this threat,\"  Jacques Tizabi, UNDT's CEO, told Business Wire.<br /><br />The Department of  Homeland Security's Broad Agency Announcement seeks research and development  proposals for bacterial biothreat antigen detection and identification in  multiple Technical Focus Areas. Specifically, the BAA focuses on bacterial agent  detection, surveillance and identification research.<br /><br />The BAA is calling  for proposals on research aimed at recovering, extracting and preserving the  antigenic signature of the bioagents from their associated samples as well as  detection and identification of the presence of bacterial biothreat agents that  are present in samples that use non-immunological methods of detection to  analyze samples for bacterial biothreat agent antigenic  material.<br /><br />Universal Detection Technology has said that it plans to adapt  technology licensed from NASA's JPL for a method of non-immunological  identification of bacterial biothreat agents. UNDT's technology utilizes a  molecule unique to bacterial spores called Dipicolinic acid that combines with  terbium ions.<br /><br />By exciting the combined terbium ion and DPA, a  luminescence is generated. This process is performed by radiating the complex  with ultraviolet light, allowing for a non-immunological method for detection of  bacterial spores.<br /></p>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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