Microwave Sensors for Breast Cancer Detection.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among females, early diagnostic methods with suitable treatments improve the 5-year survival rates significantly. Microwave...
Stretchable wireless system for sweat pH monitoring.
Sensor-laden wearable systems that are capable of providing continuous measurement of key physiological parameters coupled with data storage, drug delivery and feedbac...
Non-stop aptasensor capable of rapidly monitoring norovirus in a sample.
A cost-effective and simple biosensor was developed for the accurate and rapid monitoring of norovirus GII in a sample. The modified DNA aptamer, 5 guanines linked to ...
Development of a glucose sensor employing quick and easy modification method with mediator for altering electron acceptor preference.
Enzyme based electrochemical biosensors are divided into three generations according to their type of electron transfer from the cofactors of the enzymes to the electr...
Current status of water environment and their microbial biosensor techniques - Part I: Current data of water environment and recent studies on water quality investigations in Japan, and new possibility of microbial biosensor techniques.
In my 2010 review, I addressed conventional water analysis and biosensing of organic pollutants in Japan between 1960s and 2000s. It is now timely to reexamine current...
Surface Plasmon Resonance and Bending Loss-Based U-Shaped Plastic Optical Fiber Biosensors.
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a large and diverse bacteria group that inhabits the intestinal tract of many mammals. Most E. coli strains are harmless, however some of...
A Novel Early Warning System Based on a Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell for In Situ and Real Time Hexavalent Chromium Detection in Industrial Wastewater.
Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is a well-known toxic heavy metal in industrial wastewater, but in situ and real time monitoring cannot be achieved by current methods use...
A hydrogel biosensor for high selective and sensitive detection of amyloid-beta oligomers.
BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive and memory impairment. It is the most common neurological d...
Chemiluminescent Biosensors for Detection of Second Messenger Cyclic di-GMP.
Bacteria colonize highly diverse and complex environments, from gastrointestinal tracts to soil and plant surfaces. This colonization process is controlled in part by ...
Fluorescent single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Plasmodium falciparum as a biosensor for single-stranded DNA.
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is a product of many cellular processes that involve double-stranded DNA, for example during DNA replication and repair, and is formed tran...
HMP-1/α-catenin promotes junctional mechanical integrity during morphogenesis.
Adherens junctions (AJs) are key structures regulating tissue integrity and maintaining adhesion between cells. During morphogenesis, junctional proteins cooperate clo...
Introduction of Intrinsic Kinetics of Protein-Ligand Interactions and Their Implications for Drug Design.
Structure-kinetic relationship analyses and identification of dominating interactions for optimization of lead compounds should ideally be based on intrinsic rate cons...
Synthetic addiction extends the productive life time of engineered
Alginate Oligosaccharide-Induced Modification of the
Pseudomonas aeruginosa plays a major role in many chronic infections. Its ability to readily form biofilms contributes to its success as an opportunistic pathogen and ...
Flame-Oxidized Stainless-Steel Anode as a Probe in Bioelectrochemical System-Based Biosensors to Monitor the Biochemical Oxygen Demand of Wastewater.
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is a widely used index of water quality in wastewater treatment; however, conventional measurement methods are time-consuming. In this ...
High Prevalence of Quorum-Sensing and Quorum-Quenching Activity among Cultivable Bacteria and Metagenomic Sequences in the Mediterranean Sea.
There is increasing evidence being accumulated regarding the importance of N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHL)-mediated quorum-sensing (QS) and quorum-quenching (QQ) proc...
Acetylcholinesterase of mangrove oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae: A highly thermostable enzyme with promising features for estuarine biomonitoring.
Enzyme biomarkers from several aquatic organisms have been used for assessing the exposure to contaminants at sublethal levels. Amongst them, the cholinesterases are c...
Heat Shock Protein Reports on Proteome Stress.
Proper regulation of protein homeostasis (proteostasis) is essential to maintain cellular fitness. Proteome stress causes imbalance of the proteostasis, leading to var...
Rational Design of Magnetic Micronanoelectrodes for Recognition and Ultrasensitive Quantification of Cysteine Enantiomers.
Driven by the urgent need for recognition and quantification of trace amino acids enantiomers in various biologic samples, we demonstrate for the first time an ultrase...
Multifunctional Nickel Phosphate Nano/Microflakes 3D Electrode for Electrochemical Energy Storage, Nonenzymatic Glucose, and Sweat pH Sensors.
Multifunctional, low-cost electrodes and catalysts are desirable for next-generation electrochemical energy-storage and sensor applications. In this study, we demonstr...