LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - October 18, 2007) - Universal Detection Technology (http://www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UDTT), a developer and provider of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and radiological weapons, reported on the most recent advances on the development of the Microbial Event Monitor (MEM) Project. The MEM is designed to monitor the air for airborne bacteria including the deadly MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus). The technology is under exclusive license to UDTT from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Office of Technology Transfer and is protected under a provisional patent.