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Understanding microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses is key to protecting human health — especially as experts predict new infectious diseases will continue to emerge worldwide in the coming years.
But safely transporting samples of these microbes to labs for testing remains a challenge.
That’s where University of Missouri Professor Paul de Figueiredo, his team and collaborators come in. De Figueiredo recently received more than $3.5 million as part of a nearly $12.9 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a method to preserve microbial samples during transport.
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