September 3, 2024 — Canadian researchers applying oncology techniques to the study of mussel species have claimed their research provides a way for scientists to comprehensively test for marine pathogens in the bivalves that’s simpler, cheaper, and faster than current alternatives.
“Our approach has the potential to detect all the viruses, all the bacteria, all the pathogens,” Professor Yves St-Pierre of Canada’s Institut national de la recherche scientifique in Quebec City, Montreal, told SeafoodSource. “It’s a more integrated approach that allows us to get so much more information than what [we] can get right now.”