Detecting biothreat agents: From current diagnostics to developing sensor technologies

SA Walper, G Lasarte Aragonés, KE Sapsford… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

Genome‐wide host RNA signatures of infectious diseases: discovery and clinical translation

HD Gliddon, JA Herberg, M Levin, M Kaforou - Immunology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of whole blood gene expression to derive diagnostic biomarkers capable of
distinguishing between phenotypically similar diseases holds great promise but remains a …

Label-free nano-biosensing on the road to tuberculosis detection

B Golichenari, K Velonia, R Nosrati, A Nezami… - Biosensors and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis, an ailment caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
complex, is one of the catastrophic transmittable diseases that affect human. Reports …

Spectrophotometric, colorimetric and visually detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ETA gene based gold nanoparticles DNA probe and endonuclease enzyme

B Amini, M Kamali, M Salouti, P Yaghmaei - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Colorimetric DNA detection is preferred over other methods for clinical molecular diagnosis
because it does not require expensive equipment. In the present study, the colorimetric …

One step for Legionella pneumophila detection in environmental samples by DNA‐gold nanoparticle probe

B Nuthong, C Wilailuckana… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims To develop and evaluate a DNA‐gold nanoparticle (DNA‐AuNP) probe assay to detect
Legionella pneumophila, which causes Legionnaires' disease, compared with the gold …

Gold nanoprobe-based non-crosslinking hybridization for molecular diagnostics: An update

PV Baptista - Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: An update on the uses and applications of the non-cross-linking (NCL)
hybridization assay based on the spectral modulation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are …

Exploitation of microbial forensics and nanotechnology for the monitoring of emerging pathogens

H Bokhari - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Emerging infectious diseases remain among the leading causes of global mortality.
Traditional laboratory diagnostic approaches designed to detect and track infectious disease …

Gold nanoparticles for nanotheranostics in leukemia-addressing chronic myeloid leukemia

RPGS Vinhas - 2018 - search.proquest.com
Leukemia is a type of cancer that initiates in the bone marrow and results in the unregulated
production of immature white blood cells (leukemic cells). The most homogenous subgroup …