Advance Biosensors for Point-of-Care
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors and Healthcare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2021) | Viewed by 19792
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Interests: molecular; diagnostics; point-of-care; microarrays; Infection; biomarkers; cancer diagnostics; virology; molecular biology; biochemistry; analytical chemistry; bioanalysis; medical diagnostics; precision medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
Biosensors are analytical devices that allow the detection or monitoring of specific biomarkers by converting their biological response into electrical or measurable signals. Monitoring specific biomarkers such as nucleic acids, enzymes, antibodies, proteins, macro/micromolecules and metabolites can provide information about metabolic disorders, disease state or changes to environmental conditions. Biosensors are an integral part of point-of-care (POC) test devices, a class of in vitro diagnostic tests that are conducted outside central testing laboratories—for example, tests conducted in doctor’s offices, pharmacies, field, patient homes, care homes, small clinics or at near patient testing sites. POC tests also extend to wearable and home/self-testing devices. POC requires non-specialized training and can be performed in a timely manner in order to make rapid and accurate clinical/patient management decisions.
The increasing number of more complex diseases, antibiotic-resistant pathogens as well as the recent outbreak of COVID-19 infection worldwide have further emphasized the need for accurate, timely, and robust point-of-care diagnostic tests. The use of POC tests will continue to grow rapidly due to the need for personalized treatment and decentralized testing, representing a paradigm-shift in global healthcare. Consequently, advances in Biosensors technologies will be a key enabler of Point-of-Care diagnostic tests. Advances in biosensor research and development in areas such as (but not limited to) electrochemical detection, electromagnetic, optical/visual, immnunosensors, lab-chip, nanotechnology to bioelectronics, fluorescence detection, and nucleic acid biosensors will enable more robust and cost-effective POC tests. In this Special Issue, we welcome all research and development that advance biosensors technologies and their application in point-of-care and self-testing.
Dr. Kevin Eboigbodin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Biosensor
- Point-of-care
- Wearable
- Home testing
- Self-testing
- Field testing
- Biomarker
- Electrochemical
- Nanotechnology
- Bioelectronics
- Fluorescence detection
- Nucleic acid detection
- Biochip
- Lab-on-chip
- Monitoring
- Machine learning
- Electromagnetic
- Immunosensor
- Optical
- Visual
- Chemiluminescence
- Immunoassay
- Spectroscopy
- Smart phones
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