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The second aim was to develop a label-free method for determining changes in DNA concentration as it relates to food-borne pathogen-targeted polymerase chain reaction assays. For this goal, impedance spectroscopy studies were carried out to characterize the system’s capability in determining changes in concentration of purified DNA in DI water. To adequately measure the change in DNA concentration in a PCR solution, it was necessary to go through a purification and precipitation step to minimize the effects of primers, PCR reagents, and especially excess salts. It was shown that the purification and precipitation of the fully amplified PCR reaction showed a similar trend to the pure DNA in DI water characterization tests. 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