PURPOSE A novel system, based on biosensor DNA tethered to a nanoparticle, was developed for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity. METHODS The construction of a five-layered nanoparticle was visualized with gel electrophoresis. Transcriptionally active PCR products (TAP) containing the biosensor sequence, were bioconjugated to the surface of magnetic nanoparticles yielding biosensor te...

A novel and integrated membrane sensing platform for DNA detection is developed based on an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane. Platinum electrodes (~50-100 nm thick) are coated directly on both sides of the alumina membrane to eliminate the solution resistance outside the nanopores. The electrochemical impedance technique is employed to monitor the impedance changes within the nanopores upon...

A novel electrochemical Hg(2+) biosensor was developed on the basis of a metal-organic hybrid microarray, in which the nicking endonuclease (NE) assisted target-triggered strand release strategy was realized via the DNA cyclic amplification technique. The metal-organic hybrid microarray was fabricated using the SAM of 1, 4-benzenendithiol as soft template, and the density of the microarray coul...

In this work, a novel strategy to fabricate a highly sensitive and selective biosensor for the detection of Ag(+) is proposed. Two DNA probes are designed and modified on a gold electrode surface by gold-sulfur chemistry and hybridization. In the presence of Ag(+), cytosine-Ag(+)-cytosine composite forms and facilitates the ligation event on the electrode surface, which can block the release of...

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is considered as the key neurotransmitter in taste buds for taste signal transmission and processing. Measurements of ATP secreted from single taste receptor cell (TRC) with high sensitivity and specificity are essential for investigating mechanisms underlying taste cell-to-cell communications. In this study, we presented an aptamer-based biosensor for the detection...

In this paper, we report for the first time an electrochemical biosensor for single-step, reagentless, and picomolar detection of a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein using a double-stranded, electrode-bound DNA probe terminally modified with a redox active label close to the electrode surface. This new methodology is based upon local repression of electrolyte diffusion associated with prote...

In the fabrication of biosensor, biorecognition elements or bioreceptorplay an important role. Bioreceptor is a biological molecular species (e.g. antibody, enzyme or nucleic acid) or a living biological system (e.g. cells, tissues or whole organisms) that has capability to recognize a target or substrate (analyte) molecules [1]. Bio-recognition elements have unique profile that helps in provid...

Development of efficient methods for highly sensitive and rapid screening of specific oligonucleotide sequences is essential to the early diagnosis of serious diseases. In this work, an aggregated cationic perylene diimide (PDI) derivative was found to efficiently quench the fluorescence emission of a variety of anionic oligonucleotide-labeled fluorophores that emit at wavelengths from the visi...

Porous silicon (PSi) is an excellent material for biosensing due to its large surface area and its capability for molecular size selectivity. In this work, we report the experimental demonstration of a label-free nanoscale PSi resonant waveguide biosensor. The PSi waveguide consists of pores with an average diameter of 20nm. DNA is attached inside the pores using standard amino-silane and gluta...

BACKGROUND The development of DNA biosensor has attracted considerable attention due to their potential applications, including gene analysis, clinical diagnostics, forensic study and more medical applications. Using electroactive daunomycin as an indicator, the hybridization detection was measured by differential pulse voltammetry in this study. RESULTS Electrochemical DNA biosensor was deve...