This article provides a comprehensive review of biosensing with DNAzymes, providing an
overview of different sensing applications while highlighting major progress and seminal …

Nucleic acids, including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are
natural biopolymers composed of nucleotides that store, transmit, and express genetic …

Over the past decade, we have seen rapid advances in applying nanotechnology in
biomedical areas including bioimaging, biodetection, and drug delivery. As an emerging …

Metal ions are essential to many chemical, biological, and environmental processes. In the
past two decades, many DNA-based metal sensors have emerged. While the main …

Conspectus Metal ions can be beneficial or toxic depending on their identity, oxidation state,
and concentration. Therefore, the ability to detect and quantify different types of metal ions …

Visualizing redox-active metal ions, such as Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions, are essential for
understanding their roles in biological processes and human diseases. Despite the …

Spatial and temporal distributions of metal ions in vitro and in vivo are crucial in our
understanding of the roles of metal ions in biological systems, and yet there is a very limited …

Since the initial discovery of ribozymes in the early 1980s, catalytic nucleic acids have been
used in different areas. Compared with protein enzymes, catalytic nucleic acids are …

Metal ions are ubiquitous elements within our environments. Their excessive accumulation
poses a great threat to human health. With the development of biology and bioanalytical …

Deoxyribozyme (DNAzyme) is single-stranded catalytic DNA that possesses various
physical and chemical features, including small molecular weight, higher stability, excellent …