Advanced Molecular Detection and Health Risk Evaluation: From Food Hazards to Disease Biomarkers
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fluorescence detection; molecular simulation; quantum computation; food risk analysis
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Interests: natural products; nutrition intervention; pharmacological properties; health risk assessment; nuclear receptors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecular detection technologies have evolved rapidly, providing essential tools for identifying foodborne hazards, evaluating endocrine‑disrupting effects, and monitoring biomarkers associated with major human diseases, including cancer. As both food safety challenges and disease risks grow increasingly complex, there is a heightened need for analytical strategies capable of achieving high sensitivity, strong specificity, and mechanistic insight across diverse biological systems.
This Special Issue highlights recent advances in molecular detection and health risk evaluation, spanning the full spectrum from food contaminants to disease and cancer biomarkers. We welcome contributions on the identification and assessment of chemical hazards, pathogenic factors, and emerging contaminants in foods, as well as studies investigating the molecular mechanisms of toxicity, endocrine disruption, and nutrition‑related health effects. Research involving cancer‑related pathways, tumor marker identification, or molecular mechanisms linking environmental exposures to carcinogenesis is particularly encouraged.
Submissions employing in vivo and in vitro methods for molecular detection, as well as studies that integrate molecular detection with health risk prediction, cancer biomarker discovery, or mechanistic modeling to elucidate how food hazards and molecular lesions contribute to disease development, are highly encouraged.
This Special Issue aims to advance the field of molecular detection and risk assessment, supporting safer food systems and improved strategies for preventing and monitoring human diseases, including cancer.
Dr. Tianzhu Guan
Prof. Dr. Jie Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular detection
- foodborne hazards
- emerging contaminants
- toxicity mechanisms
- nuclear receptors
- health risk evaluation
- cancer biomarkers
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