Biosensors for Pathogen Detection 2024
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B1: Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 18
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Interests: genosensors; aptasensors; molecular biology; PCR; DNA probes; aptamers
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Dear Colleagues,
The food industry’s demand for the elimination of diseases caused by the presence of pathogen microorganisms in food, and breeding farms’ demand for rapid diagnoses, has led to the development of detection methods mostly based on molecular biology, nanotechnology, and nanomaterials. DNA biosensors utilizing optical, electrochemical, and acoustic transducers have demonstrated their feasibility for diagnostic purposes in pathogen detection as they are rapid, specific, sensitive, and cheap. The latest advancements in oligonucleotide selection (SELEX and SAM) have established new frontiers in this field, as they allow for the direct detection of cells using a label-free method. DNA-based biosensors can recognize various pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, that can affect humans, animals, plants, food, water, and the environment; moreover, the biosensor market is growing from the 2 billion dollars it was valued at in 2016, making this sector attractive for technological industries, especially for the production of miniaturized biosensors.
This Special Issue seeks to compile new methods that can be useful in pathogen detection for the development of point-of-care (PoC) devices and for the development of simple protocols.
Authors are invited to contribute original research papers, review articles, and short communications that focus on the development and utilization of novel methods to ensure the rapid, simple, and cheap detection of pathogens in food, breeding farms, water, the environment, and also for clinical applications.
Prof. Dr. Marisa Manzano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pathogen detection
- DNA sensors
- nucleic acids
- optical biosensors
- electrochemical biosensors
- acoustic biosensors
- nanomaterials
- point of care
- lab-on-chip
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