Aptamers 101: aptamer discovery and in vitro applications in biosensors and separations

LF Yang, M Ling, N Kacherovsky, SH Pun - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acids that bind and recognize targets much like
antibodies. Recently, aptamers have garnered increased interest due to their unique …

Machine learning for functional protein design

P Notin, N Rollins, Y Gal, C Sander, D Marks - Nature biotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Recent breakthroughs in AI coupled with the rapid accumulation of protein sequence and
structure data have radically transformed computational protein design. New methods …

Learning inverse folding from millions of predicted structures

C Hsu, R Verkuil, J Liu, Z Lin, B Hie… - International …, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
We consider the problem of predicting a protein sequence from its backbone atom
coordinates. Machine learning approaches to this problem to date have been limited by the …

Design of protein-binding proteins from the target structure alone

L Cao, B Coventry, I Goreshnik, B Huang, W Sheffler… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The design of proteins that bind to a specific site on the surface of a target protein using no
information other than the three-dimensional structure of the target remains a challenge …

Rapid and ultrasensitive electromechanical detection of ions, biomolecules and SARS-CoV-2 RNA in unamplified samples

L Wang, X Wang, Y Wu, M Guo, C Gu, C Dai… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
The detection of samples at ultralow concentrations (one to ten copies in 100 μl) in biofluids
is hampered by the orders-of-magnitude higher amounts of 'background'biomolecules. Here …

Multivalent designed proteins neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and confer protection against infection in mice

AC Hunt, JB Case, YJ Park, L Cao, K Wu… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
New variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue to
arise and prolong the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Here, we used a …

De novo design of high-affinity binders of bioactive helical peptides

S Vázquez Torres, PJY Leung, P Venkatesh, ID Lutz… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Many peptide hormones form an α-helix on binding their receptors,,–, and sensitive methods
for their detection could contribute to better clinical management of disease. De novo protein …

Calibration-free, high-precision, and robust terahertz ultrafast metasurfaces for monitoring gastric cancers

J Lou, Y Jiao, R Yang, Y Huang, X Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Optical sensors, with great potential to convert invisible bioanalytical response into readable
information, have been envisioned as a powerful platform for biological analysis and early …

Ultrasensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibody by graphene field-effect transistors

H Kang, X Wang, M Guo, C Dai, R Chen, L Yang… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
The fast spread of SARS-CoV-2 has severely threatened the public health. Establishing a
sensitive method for SARS-CoV-2 detection is of great significance to contain the worldwide …

Multistate and functional protein design using RoseTTAFold sequence space diffusion

SL Lisanza, JM Gershon, SWK Tipps, JN Sims… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protein denoising diffusion probabilistic models are used for the de novo generation of
protein backbones but are limited in their ability to guide generation of proteins with …