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In the fight against COVID-19, there remains an unmet need for point-of-care (POC) diagnostic testing tools that can rapidly and sensitively detect the causative SARS-CoV-2 virus to control disease transmission and improve patient management. Emerging CRISPR-Cas-assisted SARS-CoV-2 detection assays are viewed as transformative solutions for POC diagnostic testing, but their lack of streamlined sample preparation and full integration within an automated and portable device hamper their potential for POC use. We report herein POC-CRISPR - a single-step CRISPR-Cas-assisted assay that incoporates sample preparation with minimal manual operation via facile magnetic-based nucleic acid concentration and transport. Moreover, POC-CRISPR has been adapted into a compact thermoplastic cartridge within a palm-sized yet fully-integrated and automated device. During analytical evaluation, POC-CRISPR was able detect 1 genome equivalent/μL SARS-CoV-2 RNA from a sample volume of 100 μL in less then 30 min. When evaluated with 27 unprocessed clinical nasopharyngeal swab eluates that were pre-typed by standard RT-qPCR (Cq values ranged from 18.3 to 30.2 for the positive samples), POC-CRISPR achieved 27 out of 27 concordance and could detect positive samples with high SARS-CoV-2 loads (Cq less then 25) in 20 min.Wearable sensing gloves and sensory feedback devices that record and enhance the sensations of the hand are used in healthcare, prosthetics, robotics, and virtual reality. Recent technological advancements in soft actuators, flexible bioelectronics, and wireless data acquisition systems have enabled the development of ergonomic, lightweight, and low-cost wearable devices. This review article includes the most up-to-date materials, sensors, actuators, and system-packaging technologies to develop wearable sensing gloves and sensory feedback devices. Furthermore, this review contemplates the use of wearable sensing gloves and sensory feedback devices together to advance their capabilities as assistive devices for people with prostheses and sensory impaired limbs. This review is divided into two sections one detailing the technologies used to develop strain, pressure, and temperature sensors integrated with a multifunctional wearable sensing glove, and the other reviewing the devices and methods used for wearable sensory displays. We discuss the limitations of the current methods and technologies along with the future direction of the field. Overall, this paper presents an all-inclusive review of the technologies used to develop wearable sensing gloves and sensory feedback devices.Cortisol is a major glucocorticoid that can affect physiological activities in the human body. Besides, it is also a biomarker that can reflect the stress state of the body. Therefore, in order to monitor stress states in a sensitive and non-invasive manner, an ultra-sensitive aptamer-antibody sandwich sensor modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes, ordered mesoporous carbon CMK-3, and silver nanoparticles (MWCNTs/CMK-3/AgNPs) was proposed for non-invasive detection of cortisol in human saliva. The MWCNTs/CMK-3/AgNPs nanocomposite was fixed on the surface of the glassy carbon electrodes (GCEs) as the material for the first round of signal amplification, and secondary signal amplification was realized by conjugating cortisol antibodies with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Finally, the aptamer-antibody sandwich pattern was used to specifically recognize and bind cortisol. The concentration response range for this aptamer-antibody sandwich sensor is 0.1 pg/mL-10 ng/mL, and the limit of detection (LOD) is 0.09 pg/mL. So far, the LOD of this sensor has been relatively low, showing its good sensitivity, selectivity, stability, and reproducibility. Furthermore, it has been successfully applied to detect cortisol in saliva samples to compare the stress states of postgraduates and undergraduates.Biofluid-derived cell-free nucleic acids such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and circulating tumor-derived DNAs (ctDNAs) have emerged as promising disease biomarkers. Conventional detection of these biomarkers by digital PCR and next generation sequencing, although highly sensitive, requires time-consuming extraction and amplification steps that also increase the risk of sample loss and cross-contamination. To achieve the direct, rapid, and amplification-free detection of miRNAs and ctDNAs with near-perfect specificity and single-molecule level sensitivity, we herein designed a single-molecule kinetic fingerprinting assay, termed intramolecular single-molecule recognition through equilibrium Poisson sampling (iSiMREPS). iSiMREPS exploits a dynamic DNA nanosensor comprising a surface anchor and a pair of fluorescent detection probes one probe captures a target molecule onto the surface, while the other transiently interrogates the target to generate kinetic fingerprints by intramolecular single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) that are recorded by single-molecule fluorescence microscopy and identify the target after kinetic filtering and data analysis. We optimize the sensor design, use formamide to further accelerate the fingerprinting kinetics, and maximize sensitivity by removing non-target-bound probes using toehold-mediated strand displacement to reduce background. We show that iSiMREPS can detect, in as little as 10 s, two distinct, promising cancer biomarkers-miR-141 and a common EGFR exon 19 deletion-reaching a limit of detection (LOD) of ~3 fM and a mutant allele fraction among excess wild-type as low as 1 in 1 million, or 0.0001%. We anticipate that iSiMREPS will find utility in research and clinical diagnostics based on its features of rapid detection, high specificity, sensitivity, and generalizability.An electrochemiluminescence sensor was proposed for detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) based on dual-amplification strategy of ferrocenecarboxylic acid@MgAl layered double hydroxides (Fc@MgAl-LDH) and NH2-MIL-101(Fe). An (Au NPs/Fc@MgAl-LDH)n multilayer nanofilm was fabricated by a layer-by-layer self-assembly between positively charged Fc@MgAl-LDH nanosheets and negatively charged Au NPs. The multilayer nanofilms acted as nanocarriers for antibody loading and enhancers to catalyze H2O2 decomposition. find more NH2-MIL-101(Fe) promoted the production of reactive oxygen species due to peroxidase-mimicking activity and increased immobilization of antibodies. This sensor showed a linear detection range of 0.05 pg mL-1 to 50 ng mL-1 with a low detection limit of 0.034 pg mL-1. Moreover, the detection results from this sensor were consistent with data collected from a commercial immunoassay analyzer. The sensor had significant potential for PSA detection in clinical diagnostics.
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