Various non-nucleic acid targets (ions, small molecules, polysaccharides, peptides/proteins/
enzymes, cells, transcription factors) are important biomarkers. They play important roles in …

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

Rapid and point-of-need (PON) detection of bacteria is crucial to directly provide rapid and
reliable diagnostics information during on-site tests, allowing more room for taking proactive …

Food safety is one of the biggest public issues occurring around the world. Microbiological,
chemical, and physical hazards can lead to food safety issues, which may occur at all stages …

The pandemic of COVID-19 creates an imperative need for sensitive and portable detection
of SARS-CoV-2. We devised a SERS-read, CRISPR/Cas-powered nanobioassay, termed as …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‐based nucleic acid testing has played a critical role in
disease diagnostics, pathogen surveillance, and many more. However, this method requires …

Background In the context of the current pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus,
molecular detection is not limited to the clinical laboratory, but also faces the challenge of …

Foodborne pathogenic bacteria are recognized as the main causes of microbial
contamination in food safety. Early screening and ultrasensitive detection of foodborne …

Highlights•We develop a versatile biosensing platform for ultrasensitive detection of
pathogenic bacteria, termed as SCENT-Cas.•SCENT-Cas adopts ratiometric fluorescence …

Antibiotic resistance is spreading rapidly around the world and seriously impeding efforts to
control microbial infections. Although nucleic acid testing is widely deployed for the …