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Title: Sample–to-answer sensing technologies for nucleic acid preparation and detection in the field
Efficient sample preparation and accurate disease diagnosis under field conditions are of great importance for the early intervention of diseases in humans, animals, and plants. However, in-field preparation of high-quality nucleic acids from various specimens for downstream analyses, such as amplification and sequencing, is challenging. Thus, developing and adapting sample lysis and nucleic acid extraction protocols suitable for portable formats have drawn significant attention. Similarly, various nucleic acid amplification techniques and detection methods have also been explored. Combining these functions in an integrated platform has resulted in emergent sample-to-answer sensing systems that allow effective disease detection and analyses outside a laboratory. Such devices have a vast potential to improve healthcare in resource-limited settings, low-cost and distributed surveillance of diseases in food and agriculture industries, environmental monitoring, and defense against biological warfare and terrorism. This paper reviews recent advances in portable sample preparation technologies and facile detection methods that have been / or could be adopted into novel sample-to-answer devices. In addition, recent developments and challenges of commercial kits and devices targeting on-site diagnosis of various plant diseases are discussed.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1654010
PAR ID:
10470883
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Elsevier
Date Published:
Journal Name:
SLAS Technology
Volume:
28
Issue:
5
ISSN:
2472-6303
Page Range / eLocation ID:
302 to 323
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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