New Technology and Method to Rapidly Detect Nucleic Acid
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 1941
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ion channel; Ca2+ signaling; mitochondria; mitophagy; endothelial cell; vascular smooth muscle; ischemia/reperfusion injury; neurodegenerative diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nucleic acid mainly includes DNA, RNA and Non-coding RNA. Detection of pathogen nucleic acid is an important means of clinical diagnosis of pathogen infection. As COVID-19 spreading around the world, rapid and accurate nucleic acid testing can help epidemiologists quickly find the source of infection and effectively control the spread of the epidemic. However, the most commonly used nucleic acid detection method in clinical is still the traditional qPCR. Although qPCR technology has many advantages, it also has problems such as reliance on professionals and equipment, needs for multiple steps of nucleic acid extraction, amplification and result analysis, and contamination. In addition to qPCR, the emerging isothermal amplification, DNA nanotechnology, and CRISPR/Cas techniques mature gradually in very recent years. Therefore, it is very important to develop novel nucleic acid detection methods with rapid reaction, simple methods, high sensitivity, specificity and selectivity, portable, and low cost.
This Special Issue provides a broad survey to release your most recent work on new strategies and technologies on rapid detection of nucleic acid in various areas. Original research articles or reviews aiming at the development and applications of rapid detection of nucleic acid in different fields are welcome.
Dr. Bing Shen
Dr. Changbo Zheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nucleic acid
- diagnosis
- rapid reaction
- simple methods
- high sensitivity
- high specificity
- high selectivity
