Forsite Diagnostics Limited

Plasmodium vivax is considered the most difficult species of human malaria parasite to eliminate because of the inability of conventional diagnostics to detect individuals who carry dormant liver forms and sustain malaria transmission. The consortium has developed the first diagnostic test that addresses this problem. PvSeroRDT aims to develop a point-of-...

Fasciolosis is a major disease of cattle and sheep and is a key problem within the farming industry. It is caused by the parasite, Fasciola hepatica (a liver fluke), and is acquired by the ingestion of water or vegetation contaminated by the infectious stage of the parasite. The parasite goes on to colonise the liver of cattle and sheep where they feed on...

Since its emergence in 2011, Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has spread across most of the European continent. The virus causes a mild disease in adult sheep and cattle (fever, reduced milk yield and diarrhoea). However if an animal is infected during pregnancy, resultant offspring can have severe deformities. SBV is spread by biting midges making efforts to co...

Two Yorkshire based companies (Forsite Diagnostics Ltd and Aptamer Solutions Ltd) aim to collaborate through this feasibility study, to bring their individual expertise and harness the use of aptamers within routine development and subsequent and large scale production of lateral flow devices. If successful the methodologies developed will enable the rout...

Sepsis, a severe illness in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria, affects 18 million people worldwide annually. Symptoms can be non-specific so there are often delays in diagnosis. It is rapidly progressive illness which, if untreated can result in major organs and body systems not functioning and eventually, death. In the UK, sepsis affects u...

Background The research work is being undertaken by a consortium of research and industry based technologists, scientists and poultry producers. The aim is to develop a rapid test system that can be used with great accuracy to evaluate on the farm whether the flock is carrying in its visceral tract the campylobacter’s of C Jejuni or C Coli. The bacterium ...

Project Description UK onion growers have invested heavily in technologically advanced drying, curing, refrigeration and controlled atmosphere storage systems designed to maintain availability of UK onions for up to 10 months, with gross annual production of around 400,000 tonnes, over 50% of UK annual consumption. The storage systems are effective in pro...

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