Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) have garnered significant interest as a
promising analytical platform in the past decade. Compared with traditional microfluidics …

Infectious diseases are a major global health issue. Diagnosis is a critical first step in
effectively managing their spread. Paper-based microfluidic diagnostics first emerged in …

The field of point-of-care (POC) diagnostics offers the tantalizing possibility of providing
rapid diagnostic results in nonlaboratory settings. Here, we review progress in this research …

Global health and food security constantly face the challenge of emerging human and plant
diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other pathogens. Disease outbreaks such …

Traditional diagnostic strategies for infectious disease detection require benchtop
instruments that are inappropriate for point-of-care testing (POCT). Emerging microfluidics, a …

Nucleic acid detection offers critical information in diagnosing pathogen infection and
monitoring disease treatment. Point-of-care testing (POCT), with ideal characteristics such …

Rapid, efficient and accurate nucleic acid molecule detection is important in the screening of
diseases and pathogens, yet remains a limiting factor at point of care (POC) treatment …

Driven by complex and interconnected factors, including population growth, climate change,
and geopolitics, infectious diseases represent one of the greatest healthcare challenges of …

The global public health community has set ambitious treatment targets to end the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. With the notable absence of a cure, the goal of HIV treatment is to achieve …

The prototype demonstrated here is the first fully integrated sample-to-result diagnostic
platform for performing nucleic acid amplification tests that requires no permanent …