Microbially derived biosensors for diagnosis, monitoring and epidemiology

HJ Chang, PL Voyvodic, A Zúñiga… - Microbial …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Living cells have evolved to detect and process various signals and can self‐replicate,
presenting an attractive platform for engineering scalable and affordable biosensing …

Cell-free prototyping strategies for enhancing the sustainable production of polyhydroxyalkanoates bioplastics

R Kelwick, L Ricci, SM Chee, D Bell, AJ Webb… - Synthetic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are microbially-produced biopolymers that could
potentially be used as sustainable alternatives to oil-derived plastics. However, PHAs are …

Specific nucleic acid ligation for the detection of schistosomes: SNAILS

AJ Webb, F Allan, RJR Kelwick… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia or snail fever, is a debilitating neglected tropical
disease (NTD), caused by parasitic trematode flatworms of the genus Schistosoma, that has …

[HTML][HTML] AL-PHA beads: Bioplastic-based protease biosensors for global health applications

RJR Kelwick, AJ Webb, Y Wang, A Heliot, F Allan… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Proteases are multi-functional proteolytic enzymes that have complex roles in human health
and disease. Therefore, the development of protease biosensors can be beneficial to global …

Synthetic Biology Biosensors for Global Health Challenges

R Smith, C Marris, D Berry, L Sundaram, N Rose - 2017 - openaccess.city.ac.uk
Synthetic biologists seek to design, build and modify organisms at the genetic level. One
category of engineered organisms, or devices, sense changes in the environment and …

Substandard antimicrobial drugs: detection methods and their contributions to antibiotic resistance

Z Weinstein - 2020 - open.bu.edu
Substandard and counterfeit medicines are major obstacles to the treatment of infectious
diseases. Substandard medicines vary from standard drugs in terms of dose, bioavailability …