Point-of-care PCR assays for COVID-19 detection

N Gupta, S Augustine, T Narayan, A O'Riordan, A Das… - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Molecular diagnostics has been the front runner in the world's response to the COVID-19
pandemic. Particularly, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the …

Microfluidics for detection of exosomes and microRNAs in cancer: State of the art

SM Mousavi, SMA Mahdian, MS Ebrahimi… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2022 - cell.com
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles with sizes ranging from 30–150 nanometers that
contain proteins, lipids, mRNAs, microRNAs, and double-stranded DNA derived from the …

[HTML][HTML] Biosensors as diagnostic tools in clinical applications

C Lino, S Barrias, R Chaves, F Adega… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the development of new technological solutions in the medical field, in particular
biosensors, is a priority and a ground for great scientific and financial investment. From …

Identification of clinically relevant biomarkers of epileptogenesis—a strategic roadmap

M Simonato, DV Agoston, A Brooks-Kayal… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Onset of many forms of epilepsy occurs after an initial epileptogenic insult or as a result of an
identified genetic defect. Given that the precipitating insult is known, these epilepsies are, in …

Proteins and microRNAs are differentially expressed in tear fluid from patients with Alzheimer's disease

A Kenny, EM Jimenez-Mateos, MA Zea-Sevilla… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a progressive loss of neurons and cognitive
functions. Therefore, early diagnosis of AD is critical. The development of practical and non …

Recent progress in microfluidics-based biosensing

Y Song, B Lin, T Tian, X Xu, W Wang, Q Ruan… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biosensors are analytical devices or systems used to detect a specific target by converting
and amplifying a biomolecular recognition event to a dateable semiquantitative or …

Dual-center, dual-platform microRNA profiling identifies potential plasma biomarkers of adult temporal lobe epilepsy

R Raoof, S Bauer, H El Naggar, NMC Connolly… - …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background There are no blood-based molecular biomarkers of temporal lobe epilepsy
(TLE) to support clinical diagnosis. MicroRNAs are short noncoding RNAs with strong …

Biosensing on the centrifugal microfluidic lab-on-a-disc platform

CM Miyazaki, E Carthy, DJ Kinahan - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lab-on-a-Disc (LoaD) biosensors are increasingly a promising solution for many biosensing
applications. In the search for a perfect match between point-of-care (PoC) microfluidic …

Materials, assemblies and reaction systems under rotation

BA Grzybowski, YI Sobolev, O Cybulski… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
When liquids or solid materials rotate, they impart centrifugal and/or shear forces. This
Review surveys rotary devices and systems in which such forces control small-scale flows …

Elevation of plasma tRNA fragments precedes seizures in human epilepsy

MC Hogg, R Raoof, H El Naggar… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are a major class of noncoding RNA. Stress-induced cleavage of
tRNA is highly conserved and results in tRNA fragments. Here, we found that specific tRNA …