Due to their relative synthetic and chemical simplicity compared to antibodies, aptamers
afford enhanced stability and functionality for the detection of environmental contaminants …

Food intake gives vitality and supplements to support humans and other living organisms.
Food safety and contamination problems associated with food hygiene, storage, chemical …

DNA encodes the genetic information; recently, it has also become a key player in material
science. Given the specific Watson–Crick base‐pairing interactions between only four types …

Aptamers are short single stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that can recognize
analytes with extraordinary target selectivity and affinity. Despite their promising properties …

It has been almost 30 years since the invention of Systematic Evolution of Ligands by
Exponential Enrichment (SELEX) methodology and the description of the first aptamers. In …

The growing interest in nanomaterials with advanced optoelectronic properties has
promoted the advancement of biosensors with various applications. In the environmental …

Specific interactions between ligands and receptors on cell surface play an important role in
the cell biological process. Nucleic acid aptamers as commonly used ligands enable …

Bisphenol A (BPA) has been identified as one of the endocrine disrupting chemicals.
However, the issue that BPA widely exists in various environments has puzzled people for …

A colorimetric aptasensor was developed for the simple and rapid detection of bisphenol A
(BPA). The aptasensor was designed to consist of colloidal gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and …

In this study, the original chloramphenicol aptamer containing 80 bases was truncated to 30
bases with high affinity by the SYBR Green I assay. It was found that the ionic strength and …