Functional nucleic acids (FNAs), including DNA aptamers and DNAzymes, are finding
increasing use as molecular recognition elements for point-of-care (POC) assays and …

Rapid on-site detection of pathogenic bacteria with high sensitivity and specificity is
becoming an urgent need in public health assurance, medical diagnostics, environmental …

Continued development of high-performance and cost-effective in vitro diagnostic tools is
vital for improving infectious disease treatment and transmission control. For nucleic acid …

With the continuous development of DNA nanotechnology, various spatial DNA structures
and assembly techniques emerge. Hybridization chain reaction (HCR) is a typical example …

The emergence and prevalence of drug-resistant foodborne pathogens have posed a great
threat to food safety and public health. Therefore, rapid, sensitive, reliable, and on-site …

CRISPR-Cas systems have been employed to detect a large variety of pathogenic
microorganisms by simply changing the guide RNA sequence. However, these platforms …

Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with superior accuracy,
timeliness, and simplicity is highly valuable in clinical diagnosis and food safety. In this …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a common zoonotic multidrug-resistant
bacterium, puts a great threat to public health and food safety. Rapid and reliable detection …

Point-of-care testing (POCT) platforms for microRNA (miRNA) detection have attracted
considerable attention in recent years, due to the increasingly important role of miRNA as …

With an exponential rise in antimicrobial resistance and stagnant antibiotic development
pipeline, there is, more than ever, a crucial need to optimize current infection therapy …