Point-of-care testing (POCT) devices fulfil a critical need in the modern healthcare
ecosystem, enabling the decentralized delivery of imperative clinical strategies in both …

The steady advances in technology employed in smartphones, coupled with the high
availability and the ease access to these devices, increased the interest in applying it to …

The rapid hydrolysis of acetylcholine (ACh), one of the key neurotransmitters in the human
body, by the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is fundamental for the termination of ACh …

Disease diagnostics, food safety monitoring and environmental quality monitoring are the
key means to safeguard human health. However, conventional detection devices for health …

Bioluminescence, that is the emission of light in living organisms, has been extensively
explored and applied for diverse bioanalytical applications, spanning from molecular …

Rapid detection of bacteria responsible for foodborne diseases is a growing necessity for
public health. Reporter bacteriophages (phages) are robust biorecognition elements …

ATP-driven bioluminescence relying on the D-luciferin-luciferase reaction is widely
employed for several biosensing applications where bacterial ATP detection allows to verify …

Whole-cell biosensors present many advantages, including being able to monitor the toxicity
and bioavailability of chemicals; cells grown in traditional 2D cultures, however, do not …

The presence of chemicals with estrogenic activity in surface, groundwater, and drinking
water poses serious concerns for potential threats to human health and aquatic life. At …

Cell-free biosensors are promising tools for medical diagnostics, yet their performance can
be affected by matrix effects arising from the sample itself or from external components. Here …