Multiplexed lateral flow biosensors: Technological advances for radically improving point-of-care diagnoses

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 177-192

  Li, Jia ^a   Macdonald, Joanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

2D paper network; Lateral flow biosensor; Logic gates; Multiplexing; Point of care; Sandwich assay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOSENSORS; DIAGNOSIS; LOGIC GATES;

LATERAL FLOW; MULTIPLEXING CAPACITIES; POINT OF CARE; POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTIC; SANDWICH ASSAYS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS;

MULTIPLEXING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BI DIRECTIONAL LATERAL FLOW BIOSENSOR; BIOSENSOR; CONCEPTUAL MULTIPLEXING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL FLOW BIOSENSOR; LINEAR MULTIPLEXING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTI DIRECTIONAL LATERAL FLOW BIOSENSOR; MULTIPLE LATERAL FLOW BIOSENSOR; MULTIPLEXED LATERAL FLOW BIOSENSOR; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER MULTIPLEXING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE LATERAL FLOW BIOSENSOR; SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING; ANIMAL; DEVICES; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PAPER; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PAPER; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84964334063     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: 18734235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.04.021     Document Type: Review

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