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Biosensors based on potent miniprotein binder for sensitive testing of SARS-CoV‑2 variants of concern
The miniprotein binder TRI2-2 was employed as an antibody alternative to build a single antibody-coupled TRI2-2 based gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassay (AT–GLFIA) biosensor. The biosensor provid...
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Open AccessInsulin-incubated palladium clusters promote recovery after brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a cause of disability and death worldwide, but there are currently no specific treatments for this condition. Release of excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the injured brai...
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Porphyrin-based nanocomposites for tumor photodynamic therapy
Porphyrins and their associated derivatives have been widely used as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumors. To overcome the limitations of porphyrin photosensitizers in PDT, the marriage of...
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Blended gold/MnO2@BSA nanoparticles for fluorometric and magnetic resonance determination of ascorbic acid
A fluorometric and magnetic resonance (MR) dual-modal detection scheme is presented for determination of ascorbic acid (AA). It is based on the use of a blended Au/MnO2@BSA mixture that was prepared via a biomime...
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Color-tunable Gd-Zn-Cu-In-S/ZnS quantum dots for dual modality magnetic resonance and fluorescence imaging
Inorganic nanoparticles have been introduced into biological systems as useful probes for in vitro diagnosis and in vivo imaging, due to their relatively small size and exceptional physical and chemical propertie...
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Improving colloidal properties of quantum dots with combined silica and polymer coatings for in vitro immuofluorenscence assay
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are promising fluorescence probes for immuofluorescence assay in the biological applications. However, water solubilization and non-specific binding are two critical issues to ...
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Preparation of multi-color quantum dots and its application to immunohistochemical analysis
Quantum dots (QDs) have the potential to be used in the multiplexed bioanalysis for their unique property: multi-color QDs can be excited at the same single wavelength light. In this work, high quantum yield m...
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Preparation of monodisperse, superparamagnetic, luminescent, and multifunctional PGMA microspheres with amino-groups
Micron-sized, monodisperse, superparamagnetic, luminescent composite poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) microspheres with functional amino-groups were successfully synthesized in this study. The process of pre...