Lateral flow assays (LFAs) are the technology behind low-cost, simple, rapid and portable
detection devices popular in biomedicine, agriculture, food and environmental sciences …

Lateral flow (immuno) assays are currently used for qualitative, semiquantitative and to
some extent quantitative monitoring in resource-poor or non-laboratory environments …

Clinical tests based on primer-initiated amplification of specific nucleic acid sequences
achieve high levels of sensitivity and specificity. Despite these desirable characteristics …

Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS) for use in on-site rapid detection of DNA or RNA are
increasingly being developed. Here, amplification of the target sequence is key to increasing …

Diagnostic tools for biomolecular detection need to fulfill specific requirements in terms of
sensitivity, selectivity and high-throughput in order to widen their applicability and to …

The most popular in vitro nucleic acid amplification techniques like polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) including real-time PCR are costly and require thermocycling, rendering …

Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp. and Toxoplasma gondii are protozoan parasites
that have been highlighted as emerging foodborne pathogens by the Food and Agriculture …

The most efficient and commonly used electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitters are
luminol,[Ru (bpy) 3] 2+, and derivatives thereof. Luminol stands out due to its low excitation …

Nucleic acid testing (NAT), as a molecular diagnostic technique, including nucleic acid
extraction, amplification and detection, plays a fundamental role in medical diagnosis for …

Due to their portability, versatility for supporting multiple assay formats, and potential for
resulting in low-cost assays, paper-based analytical devices (PADs) are an increasingly …