Convergence of quantum dot barcodes with microfluidics and signal processing for multiplexed high-throughput infectious disease diagnostics.
Klostranec, JM; Xiang, Q; Farcas, GA; Lee, JA; Rhee, A; Lafferty, EI; Perrault, SD; Kain, KC; Chan, WC; (2007) Convergence of quantum dot barcodes with microfluidics and signal processing for multiplexed high-throughput infectious disease diagnostics. Nano letters, 7 (9). pp. 2812-8. ISSN 1530-6984 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nl071415m
Abstract
Through the convergence of nano- and microtechnologies (quantum dots and microfluidics), we have created a diagnostic system capable of multiplexed, high-throughput analysis of infectious agents in human serum samples. We demonstrate, as a proof-of-concept, the ability to detect serum biomarkers of the most globally prevalent blood-borne infectious diseases (i.e., hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV) with low sample volume (<100 microL), rapidity (<1 h), and 50 times greater sensitivity than that of currently available FDA-approved methods. We further show precision for detecting multiple biomarkers simultaneously in serum with minimal cross-reactivity. This device could be further developed into a portable handheld point-of-care diagnostic system, which would represent a major advance in detecting, monitoring, treating, and preventing infectious disease spread in the developed and developing worlds.
Item Type: | Article |
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Faculty and Department: | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
PubMed ID: | 17705551 |
Web of Science ID: | 249501900049 |
URI: | http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2025501 |
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