Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

Bacteriophage immobilization is a key unit operation in emerging biotechnologies, enabling
new possibilities for biodetection of pathogenic microbes at low concentration, production of …

Antibody-based immunoassay is an important tool for detecting tetrodotoxin (TTX), a strong
neurotoxic with high mortality rate. However, the traditional immunoassays always suffer …

Background: One of the main challenges in developing phage therapy and manufacturing
phage products is the reliable evaluation of their efficacy, performance, and quality. Since …

Current bacterial detection methods require the collection of samples followed by
preparation and analysis in the laboratory, both time and labour consuming steps. More …

The prevalence of pathogenic bacteria acquiring multidrug antibiotic resistance is a global
health threat to mankind. This has motivated a renewed interest in developing alternatives to …

The process of a bacteriophage attaching to its host cell is a combination of physical
diffusion, biochemical surface interactions, and reaction-induced conformational changes in …

Bacteriophage-functionalized bioactive surfaces are functional materials that can be used as
antimicrobial surfaces in medical applications (eg, indwelling medical devices or wound …

Phages based electrochemical sensors have received much attention due to their high
specificity, sensitivity and simplicity. Phages or bacteriophages provide natural affinity to …

Two types of magnetostrictive resonators–magnetostrictive microcantilever (MSMC) and
magnetostrictive particle (MSP)–have been introduced as sensor platforms. Their principles …