Background Food safety is a major global public health issue. The majority of traditional
culture-based methods have lengthy detection times, require sophisticated sample …

Background Agri-food safety has been considered as one of the most important public
concerns worldwide. From farm to table, food crops and foods are extremely vulnerable to …

Non-nucleic acid targets have posed a serious challenge to food safety. The detection of
non-nucleic acid targets can enable us to monitor food contamination in a timely manner. In …

Sulfadimethoxine (SDM) poses a potential threat to the food safety and human health due to
its overuse in aquatic or animal husbandry. Therefore, a rapid and sensitive identification …

Accurate diagnosis of human diseases is crucial for effective prevention, clinical treatment,
and prognosis. The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided guidelines for molecular …

Heavy metal toxicity (HMT) is a major threat to agriculture production and productivity
worldwide; it affects the yield potential of the major food crops. It impairs the plant's …

Abstract Lead ions (Pb 2+) are heavy metal ions that are harmful to living organisms and
ecosystems. It is important to realize sensitive detection of Pb 2+ in the environment. In this …

CRISPR/Cas technology originated from the immune mechanism of archaea and bacteria
and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for its success in gene editing …

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-
associated proteins (CRISPR/Cas) systems, regarded as “God's scissors”, have recently …

A novel ECL biosensor was developed for ultrasensitive mercury ions (Hg 2+) determination
based on gold nanoparticles-coated nitrogen-doped carbon dots (Au@ CNDs) as …