The COVID-19 pandemic (caused by the SARS_CoV_2 virus) has emphasized the need for
quick, easy-to-operate, reliable, and affordable diagnostic tests and devices at the Point-of …

Probiotics are the largest non-herbal/traditional dietary supplements category worldwide. To
be effective, a probiotic strain must be delivered viable at an adequate dose proven to …

Recent technological advances have driven rapid development of DNA-based methods
designed to facilitate detection and monitoring of invasive species in aquatic environments …

The characterization of the diversity of species living within ecosystems is of major scientific
interest to understand the functioning of these ecosystems. It is also becoming a societal …

The most performing techniques enabling early diagnosis of infectious diseases rely on
nucleic acid detection. Today, because of their high technicality and cost, nucleic acid …

ABSTRACT RNA quantification is crucial for understanding gene expression and regulation.
Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is a widely used …

Bacteriophages have a wide range of applications such as combating antibiotic resistance,
preventing food contamination for food safety, and as biomarkers to indirectly assess the …

A genetically modified organism (GMO) is defined as a living organism whose genome has
been modified by the introduction of an exogenous gene able to express an additional …

New methodologies based on the principle of “sewage epidemiology” have been
successfully applied before in the detection of illegal drugs. The study describes the idea of …

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been discussed for many years due to their
unknown safety. Different threshold values were set to manage the GMOs in different …