Echinococcosis: advances in the 21st century

H Wen, L Vuitton, T Tuxun, J Li, DA Vuitton… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by cestodes of the genus Echinococcus (family
Taeniidae). This serious and near-cosmopolitan disease continues to be a significant public …

Current and emerging methods for ovarian cancer screening and diagnostics: a comprehensive review

JM Liberto, SY Chen, IM Shih, TH Wang, TL Wang… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) has a 5-year survival rate
of less than 50%, making it one of the most lethal gynecological cancers for women in the …

Development of CRISPR/Cas13a-based assays for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis

SR MacGregor, DP McManus, H Sivakumaran… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Schistosomiasis is a disease that significantly impacts human health in the
developing world. Effective diagnostics are urgently needed for improved control of this …

Detection of solid tumor molecular residual disease (MRD) using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)

RI Chin, K Chen, A Usmani, C Chua, PK Harris… - Molecular diagnosis & …, 2019 - Springer
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is a component of cell-free DNA that is shed by malignant
tumors into the bloodstream and other bodily fluids. Levels of ctDNA are typically low …

Advanced nanomaterials as sample technique for bio-analysis

N Sun, H Yu, H Wu, X Shen, C Deng - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The biological compositions including cells, proteins/peptides, nucleic acids, extracellular
vesicles (EVs) and metabolites are no doubt closely related to almost all physiological and …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid biopsy for infectious diseases: a focus on microbial cell-free DNA sequencing

D Han, R Li, J Shi, P Tan, R Zhang, J Li - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA
sequencing) is becoming an attractive diagnostic modality for infectious diseases, allowing …

New perspectives on the importance of cell-free DNA biology

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer, A Oberhofer, S Gabriel… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Body fluids are constantly replenished with a population of genetically diverse cell-free DNA
(cfDNA) fragments, representing a vast reservoir of information reflecting real-time changes …

Circle‐Seq reveals genomic and disease‐specific hallmarks in urinary cell‐free extrachromosomal circular DNAs

W Lv, X Pan, P Han, Z Wang, W Feng… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Extrachromosomal circular deoxyribonucleic acid (eccDNA) is evolving as a
valuable biomarker, while little is known about its presence in urine. Methods Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid diagnosis of parasitic diseases: current scenario and future needs

S Momčilović, C Cantacessi, V Arsić-Arsenijević… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Parasitic diseases are one of the world's most devastating and prevalent
infections, causing millions of morbidities and mortalities annually. In the past, many of these …

Tools for detection of schistosomiasis in resource limited settings

O Ajibola, BH Gulumbe, AA Eze, E Obishakin - Medical Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Schistosomiasis is a debilitating disease affecting over 200 million people, with the highest
burden of morbidity and mortality in African countries. Despite its huge impact on the health …