Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) promises rapid, sensitive and specific diagnosis of infectious,
inherited and genetic disease. The next generation of diagnostic devices will interrogate the …

Nucleic acid testing for infectious diseases at the point of care is beginning to enter clinical
practice in developed and develo** countries; especially for applications requiring fast …

This protocol provides an introduction to soft lithography—a collection of techniques based
on printing, molding and embossing with an elastomeric stamp. Soft lithography provides …

Harnessing the ability to precisely and reproducibly actuate fluids and manipulate
bioparticles such as DNA, cells, and molecules at the microscale, microfluidics is a powerful …

Micromixing is a crucial process within microfluidic systems such as micro total analysis
systems (μTAS). A state-of-art review on microstructured mixing devices and their mixing …

The advent of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has revolutionized the field
of genomics, enabling fast and cost-effective generation of genome-scale sequence data …

Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS) for use in on-site rapid detection of DNA or RNA are
increasingly being developed. Here, amplification of the target sequence is key to increasing …

Using pathogen-infected food that can be unhygienic can result in severe diseases and an
increase in mortality rate among humans. This may arise as a serious emergency problem if …

Diagnostic tools for biomolecular detection need to fulfill specific requirements in terms of
sensitivity, selectivity and high-throughput in order to widen their applicability and to …

Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) in biology is a recently appreciated means of
intracellular compartmentalization. Because the mechanisms driving phase separations are …