Next-Gen Biosensors: Enabling Rapid and Accurate Biomarker Detection
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors and Healthcare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: disease biomarkers; medical diagnostics; nanobiosensing; point-of-care testing; miRNA detection
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Interests: food safety; bioanalysis; molecular detection; foodborne pathogenics detection; food hazard detection; genetically modified crops testing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, entitled “Next-Gen Biosensors: Enabling Rapid and Accurate Biomarker Detection”, is dedicated to the transformative interdisciplinary field that integrates advanced sensing technologies with biotechnology and materials science to achieve rapid, precise, and often decentralized biomarker analysis. This Special Issue’s scope includes, but is not limited to, the design, development, and application of novel biosensing platforms, with a particular emphasis on those leveraging programmable nucleases (e.g., CRISPR-Cas systems such as Cas12a, Cas13a, Cas9, and related enzymes such as argonautes), for clinical diagnostics, personalized health monitoring, environmental surveillance, and food safety, focusing on innovations that address pressing global detection challenges.
We welcome original research papers and reviews on the development of high-sensitivity systems using programmable nucleases for detecting disease biomarkers, pathogens, genetic mutations, and harmful substances in medical, food, and environmental applications. Theoretical studies on recognition and cleavage mechanisms, as well as the design of integrated platforms such as lab-on-a-chip devices, wearable biosensors, and portable point-of-care systems, are strongly encouraged. Reviews should offer in-depth analysis of recent advances or discuss current challenges and future directions in this rapidly evolving field.
Dr. Weipan Peng
Prof. Dr. Long Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- programmable nucleases
- CRISPR/cas
- argonaute
- biosensor
- biomarker detection
- point-of-care testing
- molecular diagnostics
- food safety
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