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Nanomaterial‐Enhanced Biosensing: Mechanisms and Emerging Applications

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Nanomaterial integration transforms biosensor capabilities through enhanced signal transduction, sensitivity, and selectivity. This review analyzes how nanoscale materials—from nanoparticles to nanosheets—leverage unique physicochemical properties to revolutionize electrochemical, optical, and electrical biosensing.
Younghak Cho, Yunyoung Choi, Yerim Jang, Hyejeong Seong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Membrane Fusion‐Inspired Nanomaterials: Emerging Strategies for Infectious Disease and Cancer Diagnostics

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Membrane fusion‐inspired nanomaterials offer transformative potential in diagnostics by mimicking natural fusion processes to achieve highly sensitive and specific detection of disease biomarkers. This review highlights recent advancements in nanomaterial functionalization strategies, signal amplification systems, and stimuli‐responsive fusion designs,
Sojeong Lee, Khulan Nyamzaya, Jueun Han, Yejin Song, Jihee Lee, Jung Hyun Jo, Seungmin Bang, Eun‐Kyung Lim, Seungjoo Haam, Eunjung Kim   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

I can see CRISPR now, even when phage are gone: a view on alternative CRISPR-Cas functions from the prokaryotic envelope [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose of review: CRISPR-Cas systems are prokaryotic immune systems against invading nucleic acids that adapt as new environmental threats arise. There are emerging examples of CRISPR-Cas functions in bacterial physiology beyond their role in adaptive ...
Ratner, Hannah K., Sampson, Timothy R., Weiss, David S.   +2 more
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Molecular Mechanisms of Extracellular Vesicle Biogenesis and Their Impact on the Design of Custom EVs

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are pivotal mediators of intercellular communication and disease, yet the fundamental mechanisms controlling their biogenesis and cargo selection remain unclear. This limitation hinders their diagnostic utility and therapeutic development.
Luís Carvalho Ferraz, Paulo Pereira, João Vasco Ferreira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Studies of Single-Molecule Dynamics in Microorganisms [PDF]

, 2019
Fluorescence microscopy is one of the most extensively used techniques in the life sciences. Considering the non-invasive sample preparation, enabling live-cell compliant imaging, and the specific fluorescence labeling, allowing for a specific visualization
Turkowyd, Bartosz Daniel
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Exploiting CRISPR-Cas to manipulate Enterococcus faecalis populations

eLife, 2017
CRISPR-Cas provides a barrier to horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes. It was previously observed that functional CRISPR-Cas systems are absent from multidrug-resistant (MDR) Enterococcus faecalis, which only possess an orphan CRISPR locus, termed ...
Karthik Hullahalli, Marinelle Rodrigues, Kelli L Palmer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

State‐of‐the‐Art, Insights, and Perspectives for MOFs‐Nanocomposites and MOF‐Derived (Nano)Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Different approaches to MOF‐NP composite formation, such as ship‐in‐a‐bottle, bottle‐around‐the‐ship and in situ one‐step synthesis, are used. Owing to synergistic effects, the advantageous features of the components of the composites are beneficially combined, and their individual drawbacks are mitigated.
Stefanos Mourdikoudis, Subhajit Dutta, Saqib Kamal, Sergio Gómez‐Graña, Isabel Pastoriza‐Santos, Stefan Wuttke, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Photo‐Energy Conversion in Nanomaterials for Precision Theranostics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Harnessing photo‐energy conversion in nanomaterials enables precision theranostics through light‐driven mechanisms such as photoluminescence, photothermal, photoelectric, photoacoustic, photo‐triggered surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and photodynamic processes. This review explores six fundamental principles of photo‐energy conversion, recent
Jingyu Shi, Yadi Fan, Qin Zhang, Yingying Huang, Mo Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rise of Mechanobiology for Advanced Cell Engineering and Manufacturing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
With the growing demand for cell‐based therapies, efficient cellular engineering is crucial. This review calls for greater recognition of mechanobiology principles applied through advanced biomaterial designs, mechanical confinement, and highlights recent advances using micro/nanotechnologies to enhance cell manufacturing.
Huan Ting Ong, M Sriram, Hepi Hari Susapto, Yixuan Li, Yuan Jiang, Nicolas H. Voelcker, Jennifer L. Young, Andrew W. Holle, Roey Elnathan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing Capacity in Zebrafish Using SaCas9. [PDF]

, 2016
The type II CRISPR/Cas9 system has been used widely for genome editing in zebrafish. However, the requirement for the 5'-NGG-3' protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) of Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) limits its targeting sequences.
Chen, Cheng, Chen, Zelin, Feng, Yan, Han, Yuxiang, Li, Song, Liang, Fang, Lin, Shuo, Lu, Xiaochan, Qin, Wei   +8 more
core   +4 more sources