Fluorescent probes have emerged as indispensable tools in the detection and imaging of nucleic acids, underscoring advances in both fundamental research and clinical diagnostics. By conjugating ...

A team of researchers have developed an easy-to-use colorimetric assay for the detection of food contaminated with salmonella. The assay is based on a novel nucleic acid probe that is cleaved by an ...

A team of researchers have developed an easy-to-use colorimetric assay for the detection of food contaminated with salmonella. The assay is based on a novel nucleic acid probe that is cleaved by an ...

In health care, paper-based diagnostics have revolutionized point-of-care approaches by providing disposable, low-cost tools that can be used remotely. Developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Article reviewed by Govind Kaigala, PhD at the University of British Columbia. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. In situ hybridization (ISH) is a molecular technique that ...

This study is led by Prof. Ying Zhu (Shanghai University), Prof. Zijian Guo (Nanjing University) and Prof. Chunhai Fan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University). They developed a shape-dependent framework ...

The ability to label nucleic acids with a variety of tagged molecules has led to astonishing advances in molecular biology. Labeled DNA, RNA, and oligonucleotide probes have made possible techniques ...

As we now know from our experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, the microbes responsible for some infections can rapidly mutate into variants that evade detection and treatment. But now, researchers ...

Nucleic acids are complex biological molecules that store and transmit genetic information in all living organisms. They are essential for the survival and reproduction of life on Earth. The two main ...

Early batches of a kit developed by the US government to diagnose the novel coronavirus infection have been plagued by problems that initially limited their use and cast doubt on their accuracy. The ...