Browsing Waterloo Research by Subject "Sensitivity"

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Hg2+ detection using a phosphorothioate RNA probe adsorbed on graphene oxide and a comparison with thymine-rich DNA

Huang, Po-Jung Jimmy; van Ballegooie, Courtney; Liu, Juewen (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-06-21)

Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal and many DNA-based biosensors have been recently developed for Hg2+ detection in water. Among them, thymine-rich DNA is the most commonly used for designing Hg2+ sensors. However, the ...
A Silver DNAzyme

Saran, Runjhun; Liu, Juewen (American Chemical Society, 2016-04-05)

Silver is a very common heavy metal, and its detection is of significant analytical importance. DNAzymes are DNA-based catalysts; they typically recruit divalent and trivalent metal ions for catalysis. Herein, we report a ...
Using Available Information in the Assessment of Diagnostic Protocols

Steiner, Stefan H.; Cotton, Cecilia; Danila, Oana; Severn, Daniel; MacKay, R. Jock (OMICS International, 2015-02-20)

A new binary screening or diagnostic test may be combined sequentially with an existing test using either a believe the positive or believe the negative protocol. Interest then lies in estimating the properties of the new ...