Aptamer-Based Technologies for Parasite Detection.
Centuries of scientific breakthroughs have brought us closer to understanding and managing the spread of parasitic diseases. Despite ongoing technological advancements...
Recent Developments in DNA-Nanotechnology-Powered Biosensors for Zika/Dengue Virus Molecular Diagnostics.
Zika virus (ZIKV) and dengue virus (DENV) are highly contagious and lethal mosquito-borne viruses. Global warming is steadily increasing the probability of ZIKV and DE...
Highly Sensitive Multi-Channel Biosensor for Low-Interference Simultaneous Detection.
In this paper, we propose a multi-channel photonic crystal fiber sensor, which adopts dual-polarization and multiple materials to effectively reduce the mutual interfe...
Optical Sensing Technologies to Elucidate the Interplay between Plant and Microbes.
Plant-microbe interactions are critical for ecosystem functioning and driving rhizosphere processes. To fully understand the communication pathways between plants and ...
Application of the Luminescent
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a typical Gram-negative bacterium that can cause the spoilage of catered food products. Using a luminescent reporter gene (lu...
Soil Microbial Fuel Cell Based Self-Powered Cathodic Biosensor for Sensitive Detection of Heavy Metals.
Soil microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) are an innovative device for soil-powered biosensors. However, the traditional SMFC sensors relied on anodic biosensing which might b...
Recent Progress in Electrochemical Nano-Biosensors for Detection of Pesticides and Mycotoxins in Foods.
Pesticide and mycotoxin residues in food are concerning as they are harmful to human health. Traditional methods, such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)...
A Label-Free, Mix-and-Detect ssDNA-Binding Assay Based on Cationic Conjugated Polymers.
The accurate, simple, and efficient measurement of the concentration of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is important for many analytical applications, such as DNA adsorpti...
Elevated Plasma Oligomeric Amyloid β-42 Is Associated with Cognitive Impairments in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.
Due to the heterogeneity of amyloid β-42 (Aβ42) species, the potential correlation between plasma oligomeric Aβ42 (oAβ42) and cognitive impairments in cerebral small v...
Engineering At-Home Dilution and Filtration Methods to Enable Paper-Based Colorimetric Biosensing in Human Blood with Cell-Free Protein Synthesis.
Diagnostic blood tests can guide the administration of healthcare to save and improve lives. Most clinical biosensing blood tests require a trained technician and spec...
A Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Based on Cladding Mode Resonance for Label-Free Biosensing.
A fiber-optic biosensing platform based on ultra-narrowband cladding mode resonances was developed on a high-reflectivity fiber Bragg grating (FBG) for targeting biomo...
Progress in Plasmonic Sensors as Monitoring Tools for Aquaculture Quality Control.
Aquaculture is an expanding economic sector that nourishes the world's growing population due to its nutritional significance over the years as a source of high-qualit...
A Review on Microfluidics-Based Impedance Biosensors.
Electrical impedance biosensors are powerful and continuously being developed for various biological sensing applications. In this line, the sensitivity of impedance b...
Graphene-Based Electrochemical Biosensors for Breast Cancer Detection.
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women, which is also the second most public cancer worldwide. When detected early, BC can be treated more easily and pr...
Highly Sensitive Readout Interface for Real-Time Differential Precision Measurements with Impedance Biosensors.
Field deployment is critical to developing numerous sensitive impedance transducers. Precise, cost-effective, and real-time readout units are being sought to interface...
Engineering a SERS Sensing Nanoplatform with Self-Sterilization for Undifferentiated and Rapid Detection of Bacteria.
The development of a convenient, sensitive, rapid and self-sterilizing biosensor for microbial detection is important for the prevention and control of foodborne disea...
A label-free fluorescent biosensor based on specific aptamer-templated silver nanoclusters for the detection of tetracycline.
Tetracycline (TET) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic commonly used in the treatment of animals. TET residues in food inevitably threaten human health. High-performance an...
Human osteoarthritis knee joint synovial fluids cleave and activate Proteinase-Activated Receptor (PAR) mediated signaling.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disorder with increasing worldwide incidence. Mechanistic insights into OA pathophysiology are evolving and there are c...
Analytical performance of 17 commercially available point-of-care tests for CRP to support patient management at lower levels of the health system.
Accurate and precise point-of-care (POC) testing for C-reactive protein (CRP) can help support healthcare providers in the clinical management of patients. Here, we co...
Ionic Strength and Hybridization Position near Gold Electrodes Can Significantly Improve Kinetics in DNA-Based Electrochemical Sensors.
A variety of electrochemical (EC) biosensors play critical roles in disease diagnostics. More recently, DNA-based EC sensors have been established as promising for det...