In 1998, when the PCR technique was already popular, a Japanese company called Eiken
Chemical Co., Ltd. designed a method known as the loop-mediated isothermal amplification …

In the course of the last 20 years, isothermal nucleic acid amplification tests have emerged
as an important diagnostic tool, not only for clinical applications, but also for food quality …

Loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) amplifies DNA with high specificity,
efficiency and rapidity under isothermal conditions by using a DNA polymerase with high …

Smartphone-based imaging devices (SIDs) have shown to be versatile and have a wide
range of biomedical applications. With the increasing demand for high-quality medical …

Current multiplexed diagnostics for Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses are situated
outside the intersection of affordability, high performance, and suitability for use at the point …

The recent Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak has prompted the need for field-ready diagnostics that
are rapid, easy-to-use, handheld, and disposable while providing extreme sensitivity and …

Each year, infectious diseases are responsible for millions of deaths, most of which occur in
the rural areas of developing countries. Many of the infectious disease diagnostic tools used …

The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
threatens global medical systems and economies and rules our daily living life. Controlling …

The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and its devastating developmental
and neurological manifestations has prompted the development of field-based diagnostics …

Infectious diseases remain the world's top contributors to death and disability, and, with
recent outbreaks of Zika virus infections there has been an urgency for simple, sensitive and …