Advances in Aptasensor Technology
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2025) | Viewed by 2271
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterials; functional nucleic acid; biosensing; cell imaging; drug delivery
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Dear Colleagues,
Nucleic acid aptamers refer to single-stranded oligonucleotides that can bind to target molecules with high affinity and specificity, obtained through in vitro screening of artificially synthesized DNA/RNA libraries using SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment) technology. As a novel molecular recognition element, nucleic acid aptamers have many advantages over antibodies, such as high affinity and specificity, a wider range of target molecules, easy synthesis, good stability, and ease of modification and labeling. Given these unparalleled advantages, nucleic acid aptamers have attracted widespread attention from both the scientific and industrial communities since their discovery, and have been frequently studied for the detection of various target molecules in recent years.
This Special Issue aims to publish a series of excellent, insightful, influential, and original research articles or reviews on the applications of aptasensors in various fields such as clinical diagnosis, food safety, and environmental monitoring. We hope that these papers will be widely read and have a significant impact in this field.
Dr. Songbai Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nucleic acid
- aptamers
- DNA/RNA
- diagnosis
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