Browsing Waterloo Research by Subject "aptamers"

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Aptamer-Functionalized Hydrogel Microparticles for Fast Visual Detection of Mercury(II) and Adenosine

Helwa, Youssef; Dave, Neeshma; Froidevaux, Romain; Samadi, Azadeh; Liu, Juewen (American Chemical Society, 2012-04-25)

With a low optical background, high loading capacity, and good biocompatibility, hydrogels are ideal materials for immobilization of biopolymers to develop optical biosensors. We recently immobilized mercury and lead binding ...
Functional nucleic acids for detecting bacteria

Huang, Po-Jung Jimmy; Liu, Minchuan; Liu, Juewen (De Gruyter, 2013-01-31)

Bacterial infection represents one of the leading causes of disease and death, and as such, bacterial detection is an important step in managing infectious diseases. The current protocol requires growing cell cultures, ...
Sensing guanine and its derivatives: From molecular recognition to applications

Li, Yuqing; Liu, Juewen (Elsevier, 2020-11)

Guanine plays an indispensable role in building nucleic acids, and its derivatives take part in various cellular functions such as regulating biological reactions and signal transduction. Monitoring the levels of guanine ...