Sensitivity enhancement in lateral flow assays: a systems perspective

JD Bishop, HV Hsieh, DJ Gasperino, BH Weigl - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Lateral flow assays (LFAs) are rapid, inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture and-use tests widely
employed in medical and environmental applications, particularly in low resource settings …

Application of bacteriophages in sensor development

R Peltomaa, I Lopez-Perolio, E Benito-Pena… - Analytical and …, 2016 - Springer
Bacteriophage-based bioassays are a promising alternative to traditional antibody-based
immunoassays. Bacteriophages, shortened to phages, can be easily conjugated or …

Aptamer-based fluorometric determination of norovirus using a paper-based microfluidic device

X Weng, S Neethirajan - Microchimica acta, 2017 - Springer
The authors describe a rapid and highly sensitive point-of-care device for rapid
determination of noroviruses, a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis. The assay is based …

Biomimetic plasmonic nanophages by head/tail self-assembling: gold nanoparticle/virus interactions

H Ahmed, H Lopez, F Boselli, G Tarricone… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), because of their dual plasmonic and catalytic functionalities,
are among the most promising nanomaterials for the development of therapeutic and …

Fast and sensitive detection of Japanese encephalitis virus based on a magnetic molecular imprinted polymer–resonance light scattering sensor

L Luo, J Yang, K Liang, C Chen, X Chen, C Cai - Talanta, 2019 - Elsevier
A magnetic surface molecularly imprinted-resonance light scattering sensor was developed
for rapid and highly sensitive detection of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). To prepare the …

Ultrasensitive paper based nucleic acid detection realized by three-dimensional DNA-AuNPs network amplification

Y Gao, X Deng, W Wen, X Zhang, S Wang - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel three-dimensional DNA-AuNPs network structure amplification strategy was
employed to design a lateral flow biosensor by introducing streptavidin coated gold …

Chemically modifying viruses for diverse applications

K Mohan, GA Weiss - ACS chemical biology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Long fascinating to biologists, viruses offer nanometer-scale benchtops for building
molecular-scale devices and materials. Viruses tolerate a wide range of chemical …

Bacterial assessment of phage magnetoelastic sensors for Salmonella enterica Typhimurium detection in chicken meat

IH Chen, S Horikawa, K Bryant, R Riggs, BA Chin… - Food Control, 2017 - Elsevier
Salmonella is one of the most common pathogens associated with foodborne illness in
chickens. Food outbreaks from this pathogen haven't declined in the past 15 years …

Living virus‐based nanohybrids for biomedical applications

L Jin, Z Mao - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Living viruses characterized by distinctive biological functions including specific targeting,
gene invasion, immune modulation, and so forth have been receiving intensive attention …

Expanding the chemical diversity of M13 bacteriophage

GL Allen, AK Grahn, K Kourentzi, RC Willson… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bacteriophage M13 virions are very stable nanoparticles that can be modified by chemical
and genetic methods. The capsid proteins can be functionalized in a variety of chemical …