Droplet-based microfluidic systems generate, manipulate and control sub-microlitre droplets
enclosed within an immiscible carrier fluid. Owing to a number of remarkable features, such …

Rapid and accurate molecular diagnosis is a prerequisite for precision medicine, food
safety, and environmental monitoring. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

Anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibodies are approved for the
treatment of RAS wild-type (WT) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), but the emergence of …

More than six billion tests for COVID-19 has been already performed in the world. The
testing for SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2) virus and …

Helicobacter pylori is a major human pathogen for which increasing antibiotic resistance
constitutes a serious threat to human health. Molecular mechanisms underlying this …

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the circulating blood plasma of patients with cancer contains
tumour-derived DNA sequences that can serve as biomarkers for guiding therapy, for the …

Most of the genetic information has been lost or transferred to the nucleus during the
evolution of mitochondria. Nevertheless, mitochondria have retained their own genome that …

In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Radiologic screening of high-risk adults reduces lung-cancer-related mortality,; however, a
small minority of eligible individuals undergo such screening in the United States,. The …

Quantitative real time PCR (RT-PCR) is widely used as the gold standard for clinical
detection of SARS-CoV-2. However, due to the low viral load specimens and the limitations …