The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led
to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide pandemic. This unprecedented …

Nucleic acid amplification has permeated every field in the life sciences since the
introduction of the classic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method in 1983. Yet, despite its …

Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is a highly sensitive and selective isothermal
amplification technique, operating at 37–42° C, with minimal sample preparation and …

Functional nucleic acids (FNAs), including DNA aptamers and DNAzymes, are finding
increasing use as molecular recognition elements for point-of-care (POC) assays and …

Nucleic acid amplification technologies (NAATs) have become fundamental tools in
molecular diagnostics, due to their ability to detect small amounts of target molecules. Since …

Isothermal amplification of nucleic acids is a simple process that rapidly and efficiently
accumulates nucleic acid sequences at constant temperature. Since the early 1990s …

Rapid and accurate detection of foodborne pathogens is a powerful and effective strategy to
prevent the outbreak of foodborne diseases. Conventional detection methods like the plate …

BACKGROUND First introduced in 2006, recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) has
stirred great interest, as evidenced by 75 publications as of October 2015, with 56 of them …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has extensively promoted the
application of nucleic acid testing technology in the field of clinical testing. The most widely …

Portable, low-cost, and quantitative nucleic acid detection is desirable for point-of-care
diagnostics; however, current polymerase chain reaction testing often requires time …