Electrochemical Biosensors in Healthcare Services

A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors and Healthcare".

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Dear Colleagues,

Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Electrochemical Biosensors in Healthcare Services".

Electrochemical biosensors are revolutionizing healthcare by providing opportunities for quick, reliable, and cost-effective diagnoses. These biosensors detect biomolecules by electrochemical transduction, providing significant insights into health conditions, infections, and metabolic problems. Nanomaterials, microfluidics, and artificial intelligence have recently made considerable advances in terms of selectivity, sensitivity, and integration into point-of-care (POC) and wearable devices for the real-time monitoring of health conditions.

This Special Issue, titled "Electrochemical Biosensors in Healthcare Services", focuses on showcasing state-of-the-art research on electrochemical biosensors, with an emphasis on their materials, design, and practical applications in tracking diseases, biomedical research, and clinical diagnostics.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

  • Next-generation electrochemical biosensors for disease diagnostics;
  • Advanced electrode materials and nanostructures;
  • AI-powered biosensing and data analytics;
  • Wearable and implantable biosensors for continuous health monitoring;
  • Point-of-care and home-based diagnostics;
  • Microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip biosensing platforms;
  • Biosensors for infectious and chronic disease management.

We welcome high-quality submissions from researchers, clinicians, and industry professionals working on innovative electrochemical biosensing solutions, contributing to shaping the future of electrochemical biosensors in healthcare.

Dr. Qurat ul ain Zahra
Dr. Imran Mahmood Khan
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Keywords

  • electrochemical biosensors
  • point-of-care diagnostics
  • wearable and implantable biosensors
  • nanomaterials in biosensing
  • lab-on-a-chip technology
  • chronic disease monitoring
  • healthcare biosensing
  • biomarker detection
  • AI-driven biosensor analytics
  • personalized medicine

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Systematic Review
Personal Glucose Meter: Biosensing Platforms for Environmental Toxicants
by Elena Dorozhko, Anna Solomonenko, Alena Koltsova, Elena Korotkova, Ekaterina Mikhnevich, Mrinal Vashisth, Pradip Kar, Amrit Hui and Muhammad Saqib
Biosensors 2025, 15(12), 811; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios15120811 - 13 Dec 2025
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The detection of environmental toxicants is transitioning from centralized laboratory methods to decentralized, point-of-care (POC) monitoring. A highly innovative approach in this field is the repurposing of commercially available, low-cost, and portable personal glucose meters (PGMs) as universal biosensing platforms. This strategy leverages [...] Read more.
The detection of environmental toxicants is transitioning from centralized laboratory methods to decentralized, point-of-care (POC) monitoring. A highly innovative approach in this field is the repurposing of commercially available, low-cost, and portable personal glucose meters (PGMs) as universal biosensing platforms. This strategy leverages the widespread availability and ease of use of PGMs to develop rapid, on-site detection methods for a wide array of non-glucose targets, significantly reducing both cost and development time. This systematic review comprehensively examines the various strategies employed to adapt PGMs for the detection of a wide array of ecotoxicants, including chemical targets (antibiotics, mycotoxins, pesticides, heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants) and biological ones (pathogenic bacteria, and viruses). The systematic review critically evaluates different sensor designs, highlighting that while aptamer-based and non-enzymatic biosensors offer advantages in stability and cost, antibody-based sensors provide high specificity. A significant finding is the persistent trade-off between analytical sensitivity and practical field deployment; many of the most sensitive assays require multi-step procedures, precise temperature control, magnetic separation, centrifugation, and the use of additional equipment, factors that undermine true POC utility. To address this gap, we propose four essential criteria for POC readiness: (i) ambient-temperature operation, (ii) no reliance on magnetic or centrifugal separation, (iii) total assay time, and (iv) robustness in complex environmental matrices. This systematic review confirms the feasibility of this approach across a broad spectrum of targets. However, the key challenge for future research lies in simplifying the assay protocols, eliminating cumbersome sample preparation steps, and enhancing robustness to make these biosensors truly practical for routine, on-site environmental monitoring. Full article
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