From the bench to the field in low‐cost diagnostics: two case studies

AA Kumar, JW Hennek, BS Smith… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the growth of research in universities on point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostics for global
health, most devices never leave the laboratory. The processes that move diagnostic …

The biology of Plasmodium vivax

JH Adams, I Mueller - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent cause of malaria worldwide and the leading
cause of malaria outside of Africa. Although infections are seldom fatal clinical disease can …

All-aqueous-phase microfluidics for cell encapsulation

K Zhu, Y Yu, Y Cheng, C Tian, G Zhao… - ACS applied materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cell-laden hydrogel microcarriers are widely used in diverse biomedical applications like
three-dimensional (3D) cell culture, cellular therapy, and tissue engineering, where …

Ability of soy protein derived amyloid fibrils to stabilize aqueous two-phase system and effect of pH on the system

Y Gao, Z Xu, M Jin, X Wang, Z Fan, L Jiang, X Sui - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Soy protein-derived amyloid fibrils (SAFs) were utilized as a stabilizer to create stable
aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) through electrospraying. The findings of our study …

Magnetic levitation in chemistry, materials science, and biochemistry

S Ge, A Nemiroski, KA Mirica, CR Mace… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
All matter has density. The recorded uses of density to characterize matter date back to as
early as ca. 250 BC, when Archimedes was believed to have solved “The Puzzle of The …

All-aqueous electrosprayed emulsion for templated fabrication of cytocompatible microcapsules

Y Song, YK Chan, Q Ma, Z Liu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Encapsulation of biomolecules and cells in hydrogel capsules via emulsion templating
frequently induces an irreversible loss of bioactivity, because of the use of nonaqueous …

Killing the hypnozoite – drug discovery approaches to prevent relapse in Plasmodium vivax

B Campo, O Vandal, DL Wesche… - Pathogens and global …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The eradication of malaria will only be possible if effective, well-tolerated medicines kill
hypnozoites in vivax and ovale malaria, and thus prevent relapses in patients. Despite …

Single-ring magnetic levitation configuration for object manipulation and density-based measurement

C Zhang, P Zhao, F Gu, J Xie, N Xia, Y He… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Magnetic levitation is a recent research hot spot; however, most of the extant configurations
use two magnets with like poles facing each other. This paper proposes a novel magnetic …

In Aqua Veritas: The Indispensable yet Mostly Ignored Role of Water in Phase Separation and Membrane-less Organelles

BY Zaslavsky, VN Uversky - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite the common practice of presenting structures of biological molecules on an empty
background and the assumption that interactions between biological macromolecules take …

An accurate and versatile density measurement device: Magnetic levitation

J Xie, C Zhang, F Gu, Y Wang, J Fu, P Zhao - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents a magnetic levitation device for measuring density with high accuracy
and versatility, and of low cost. Samples that are immersed in paramagnetic medium can be …