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Faced with the pandemic caused by SARS-COV-2, a large number of significant technologies have been developed to solve this health crisis and biosensors have been used for the widespread diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our appreciation to all of the researchers who have contributed to COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 biosensing research. We would like to highlight multiple research projects in this field that are not just limited to the topics below.

The list of relevant papers can be seen below:

1. “Survey of Saliva Components and Virus Sensors for Prevention of COVID-19 and Infectious Diseases”
   by Priya Kishor Dave, Roberto Rojas-Cessa, Ziqian Dong and Vatcharapan Umpaichitra
   Biosensors 2021, 11(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11010014
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/1/14

2. “Food Safety in Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Countermeasures”
   by Weimin Zhang, Huiyu He, Lin Zhu, Guozhen Liu and Long Wu
   Biosensors 2021, 11(3), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11030071
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/3/71

3. “Clinical Application of the Novel Cell-Based Biosensor for the Ultra-Rapid Detection of the SARS-CoV-2 S1 Spike Protein Antigen: A Practical Approach”
   by Sophie Mavrikou, Vasileios Tsekouras, Kyriaki Hatziagapiou, Foteini Paradeisi, Petros Bakakos, Athanasios Michos, Antonia Koutsoukou, Elissavet Konstantellou, George I. Lambrou, Eleni Koniari et al.
   Biosensors 2021, 11(7), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11070224
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/7/224 

4. “Comparative Study of In Situ Techniques to Enlarge Gold Nanoparticles for Highly Sensitive Lateral Flow Immunoassay of SARS-CoV-2”
   by Vasily G. Panferov, Nadezhda A. Byzova, Sergey F. Biketov, Anatoly V. Zherdev and Boris B. Dzantiev
   Biosensors 2021, 11(7), 229; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11070229
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/7/229 

5. “Recent Advances in Novel Lateral Flow Technologies for Detection of COVID-19”
   by Wesley Wei-Wen Hsiao, Trong-Nghia Le, Dinh Minh Pham, Hui-Hsin Ko, Huan-Cheng Chang, Cheng-Chung Lee, Neha Sharma, Cheng-Kang Lee and Wei-Hung Chiang
   Biosensors 2021, 11(9), 295; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11090295
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/9/295 

6. “State of the Art on the SARS-CoV-2 Toolkit for Antigen Detection: One Year Later”
   by Laura Fabiani, Veronica Caratelli, Luca Fiore, Viviana Scognamiglio, Amina Antonacci, Silvia Fillo, Riccardo De Santis, Anella Monte, Manfredo Bortone, Danila Moscone et al.
   Biosensors 2021, 11(9), 310; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11090310
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/9/310 

7. “Rapid COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostic System Using Virus Enrichment Platform”
   by Yoon Ok Jang, Hyo Joo Lee, Bonhan Koo, Hye-Hee Cha, Ji-Soo Kwon, Ji Yeun Kim, Myoung Gyu Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Sung-Han Kim and Yong Shin
   Biosensors 2021, 11(10), 373; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11100373
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/10/373 

8. “A Review of THz Technologies for Rapid Sensing and Detection of Viruses including SARS-CoV-2”
   by Naznin Akter, Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan and Nezih Pala
   Biosensors 2021, 11(10), 349; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11100349
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/10/349 

9. “Emerging Biosensors to Detect Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A Review”
   by Wei Yin Lim, Boon Leong Lan and Narayanan Ramakrishnan
   Biosensors 2021, 11(11), 434; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11110434
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/11/434

10. “Paper-Based Test for Rapid On-Site Screening of SARS-CoV-2 in Clinical Samples”
    by Wen Ren and Joseph Irudayaraj
    Biosensors 2021, 11(12), 488; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11120488
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/12/488