Chemiluminescence, i.e. the emission of light from a chemical reaction, offers interesting opportunities for developing point-of-care biosensors. However, commercially available systems are expensive, bulky, and primarily addressed to laboratory usage. The goal of this paper is to present a novel work related to the design and experimental validation of a point-of-care device for cancer marker detection in human serum. The new system has been especially developed for cost-sensitive applications using only lowcost off-the-shelf components. The system was tested with blood serum. The output signal from spots with specific proteins uptake was two orders of magnitude higher than that from control spots: it was 14±3 mV/s from the detection spots, while it was only 260V/s and 242V/s from the control spots.
Titolo: | Cancer marker detection in human serum with a point-of-care low-cost system |
Autore/i: | P. Grosso; S. Carrara; C. Stagni; BENINI, LUCA |
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Anno: | 2010 |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2010.04.001 |
Abstract: | Chemiluminescence, i.e. the emission of light from a chemical reaction, offers interesting opportunities for developing point-of-care biosensors. However, commercially available systems are expensive, bulky, and primarily addressed to laboratory usage. The goal of this paper is to present a novel work related to the design and experimental validation of a point-of-care device for cancer marker detection in human serum. The new system has been especially developed for cost-sensitive applications using only lowcost off-the-shelf components. The system was tested with blood serum. The output signal from spots with specific proteins uptake was two orders of magnitude higher than that from control spots: it was 14±3 mV/s from the detection spots, while it was only 260V/s and 242V/s from the control spots. |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 2010-12-16 12:08:29 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |