Point-of-Care Devices

Dear Colleagues,

Conventional laboratory tests, including protein and nucleic acid tests, rely heavily on high-end instrumentation and highly trained operators, limiting their use in resource-poor settings. With the increasing incidence of infectious diseases and water and food contamination, particularly in developing countries with poor infrastructure, there is an urgent need to develop robust, inexpensive, portable and rapid point-of-care (POC) devices, including paper- and chip-based devices. These POC technologies are able to carry out sophisticated tests in a simple and cost-effective manner. This Special Issue aims to discuss the recent advances in POC devices for various applications, including medical diagnosis, food safety and environmental monitoring. Topics include but are not limited to the development of paper- and chip-based POC devices for the detection of target analytes based upon colorimetric, fluorescent and electrochemical detection. We invite researchers to share their knowledge by contributing relevant original research articles, short communications and review articles.

Dr. Jane Ru Choi
Dr. Kar Wey Yong
Guest Editors

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