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Nishanth MAD, Gourkhede D, Paidipally L, Borse R, Pollumahanti N, Nair A, Kiranmayee B, Malik SVS, Barbuddhe SB, Rawool DB. Comparative evaluation of in-house developed latex agglutination test (LAT) with World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) -recommended methods for the detection of Bacillus anthracis spores from the soil. J Microbiol Methods 2023; 211:106778. [PMID: 37394181 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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In-house developed Bacillus anthracis-specific synthetic peptide-based latex agglutination test (LAT) assay was comparatively evaluated with World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)-recommended polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/real-time PCR (qPCR) methods for the screening of B. anthracis spores from the soil to provide a simple, rapid, and economical immunodiagnostic test for field application.
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- Maria Anto Dani Nishanth
- ICAR- National Meat Research Institute, Hyderabad 500 092, India; Division of Veterinary Public Health, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India
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- Division of Veterinary Public Health, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India
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- Division of Veterinary Public Health, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India
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- ICAR- National Meat Research Institute, Hyderabad 500 092, India
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- Division of Veterinary Public Health, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India
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- Division of Veterinary Public Health, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India
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Pawar AA, Patwardhan SB, Barage S, Raut R, Lakkakula J, Roy A, Sharma R, Anand J. Smartphone-based diagnostics for biosensing infectious human pathogens. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 180-181:120-130. [PMID: 37164166 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The widespread usage of smartphones has made accessing vast troves of data easier for everyone. Smartphones are powerful, handy, and easy to operate, making them a valuable tool for improving public health through diagnostics. When combined with other devices and sensors, smartphones have shown potential for detecting, visualizing, collecting, and transferring data, enabling rapid disease diagnosis. In resource-limited settings, the user-friendly operating system of smartphones allows them to function as a point-of-care platform for healthcare and disease diagnosis. Herein, we critically reviewed the smartphone-based biosensors for the diagnosis and detection of diseases caused by infectious human pathogens, such as deadly viruses, bacteria, and fungi. These biosensors use several analytical sensing methods, including microscopic imaging, instrumental interface, colorimetric, fluorescence, and electrochemical biosensors. We have discussed the diverse diagnosis strategies and analytical performances of smartphone-based detection systems in identifying infectious human pathogens, along with future perspectives.
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- Aditya Amrut Pawar
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Bhatan, Panvel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Bhatan, Panvel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Bhatan, Panvel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India; Centre for Computational Biology and Translational Research, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India
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- Department of Botany, The Institute of Science, 15 Madame Cama Roads, Mumbai, 32, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Bhatan, Panvel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India; Centre for Computational Biology and Translational Research, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410206, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering & Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
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- Department of Rasa Shastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era Deemed to Be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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Microscopic Imaging Methods for Organ-on-a-Chip Platforms. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:mi13020328. [PMID: 35208453 PMCID: PMC8879989 DOI: 10.3390/mi13020328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Microscopic imaging is essential and the most popular method for in situ monitoring and evaluating the outcome of various organ-on-a-chip (OOC) platforms, including the number and morphology of mammalian cells, gene expression, protein secretions, etc. This review presents an overview of how various imaging methods can be used to image organ-on-a-chip platforms, including transillumination imaging (including brightfield, phase-contrast, and holographic optofluidic imaging), fluorescence imaging (including confocal fluorescence and light-sheet fluorescence imaging), and smartphone-based imaging (including microscope attachment-based, quantitative phase, and lens-free imaging). While various microscopic imaging methods have been demonstrated for conventional microfluidic devices, a relatively small number of microscopic imaging methods have been demonstrated for OOC platforms. Some methods have rarely been used to image OOCs. Specific requirements for imaging OOCs will be discussed in comparison to the conventional microfluidic devices and future directions will be introduced in this review.
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Rabha D, Biswas S, Hatiboruah D, Das P, Rather MA, Mandal M, Nath P. An affordable, handheld multimodal microscopic system with onboard cell morphology and counting features on a mobile device. Analyst 2022; 147:2859-2869. [DOI: 10.1039/d1an02317a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A simple yet effective, handheld and flexible bright-field and fluorescence microscopic platform on a smartphone with varying optical magnifications is reported for morphological analysis and onboard cell counting features.
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- Diganta Rabha
- Applied Photonics and Nanophotonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India
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- Applied Photonics and Nanophotonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India
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- Applied Photonics and Nanophotonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India
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- Applied Photonics and Nanophotonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India
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- Applied Photonics and Nanophotonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Sonitpur, Assam-784028, India
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Mader M, Rein C, Konrat E, Meermeyer SL, Lee-Thedieck C, Kotz-Helmer F, Rapp BE. Fused Deposition Modeling of Microfluidic Chips in Transparent Polystyrene. MICROMACHINES 2021; 12:1348. [PMID: 34832759 PMCID: PMC8618114 DOI: 10.3390/mi12111348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Polystyrene (PS) is one of the most commonly used thermoplastic materials worldwide and plays a ubiquitous role in today's biomedical and life science industry and research. The main advantage of PS lies in its facile processability, its excellent optical and mechanical properties, as well as its biocompatibility. However, PS is only rarely used in microfluidic prototyping, since the structuring of PS is mainly performed using industrial-scale replication processes. So far, microfluidic chips in PS have not been accessible to rapid prototyping via 3D printing. In this work, we present, for the first time, 3D printing of transparent PS using fused deposition modeling (FDM). We present FDM printing of transparent PS microfluidic channels with dimensions as small as 300 µm and a high transparency in the region of interest. Furthermore, we demonstrate the fabrication of functional chips such as Tesla-mixer and mixer cascades. Cell culture experiments showed a high cell viability during seven days of culturing, as well as enabling cell adhesion and proliferation. With the aid of this new PS prototyping method, the development of future biomedical microfluidic chips will be significantly accelerated, as it enables using PS from the early academic prototyping all the way to industrial-scale mass replication.
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- Markus Mader
- Laboratory of Process Technology, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.M.); (C.R.); (E.K.); (B.E.R.)
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.M.); (C.R.); (E.K.); (B.E.R.)
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.M.); (C.R.); (E.K.); (B.E.R.)
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Department of Cell Biology, University of Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany; (S.L.M.); (C.L.-T.)
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Department of Cell Biology, University of Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany; (S.L.M.); (C.L.-T.)
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.M.); (C.R.); (E.K.); (B.E.R.)
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, NeptunLab, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; (M.M.); (C.R.); (E.K.); (B.E.R.)
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- FIT Freiburg Center of Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Yu X, Zhang P, He Y, Lin E, Ai H, Ramasubramanian MK, Wang Y, Xing Y, Oberholzer J. A Smartphone-Fluidic Digital Imaging Analysis System for Pancreatic Islet Mass Quantification. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:692686. [PMID: 34350161 PMCID: PMC8326521 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.692686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Islet beta-cell viability, function, and mass are three decisive attributes that determine the efficacy of human islet transplantation for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients. Islet mass is commonly assessed manually, which often leads to error and bias. Digital imaging analysis (DIA) system has shown its potential as an alternative, but it has some associated limitations. In this study, a Smartphone-Fluidic Digital Imaging Analysis (SFDIA) System, which incorporates microfluidic techniques and Python-based video processing software, was developed for islet mass assessment. We quantified islets by tracking multiple moving islets in a microfluidic channel using the SFDIA system, and we achieved a relatively consistent result. The counts from the SFDIA and manual counting showed an average difference of 2.91 ± 1.50%. Furthermore, our software can analyze and extract key human islet mass parameters, including quantity, size, volume, IEq, morphology, and purity, which are not fully obtainable from traditional manual counting methods. Using SFDIA on a representative islet sample, we measured an average diameter of 99.88 ± 53.91 µm, an average circularity of 0.591 ± 0.133, and an average solidity of 0.853 ± 0.107. Via analysis of dithizone-stained islets using SFDIA, we found that a higher islet tissue percentage is associated with top-layer islets as opposed to middle-layer islets (0.735 ± 0.213 and 0.576 ± 0.223, respectively). Our results indicate that the SFDIA system can potentially be used as a multi-parameter islet mass assay that is superior in accuracy and consistency, when compared to conventional manual techniques.
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- Xiaoyu Yu
- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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Smartphone-Based Portable Bioluminescence Imaging System Enabling Observation at Various Scales from Whole Mouse Body to Organelle. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20247166. [PMID: 33327525 PMCID: PMC7764933 DOI: 10.3390/s20247166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Current smartphones equipped with high-sensitivity and high-resolution sensors in the camera can respond to the needs of low-light imaging, streaming acquisition, targets of various scales, etc. Therefore, a smartphone has great potential as an imaging device even in the scientific field and has already been introduced into biomolecular imaging using fluorescence tags. However, owing to the necessity of an excitation light source, fluorescence methods impair its mobility. Bioluminescence does not require illumination; therefore, imaging with a smartphone camera is compact and requires minimal devices, thus making it suitable for personal and portable imaging devices. Here, we report smartphone-based methods to observe biological targets in various scales using bioluminescence. In particular, we demonstrate, for the first time, that bioluminescence can be observed in an organelle in a single living cell using a smartphone camera by attaching a detachable objective lens. Through capturing color changes with the camera, changes in the amount of target molecules was detected using bioluminescent indicators. The combination of bioluminescence and a mobile phone makes possible a compact imaging system without an external light source and expands the potential of portable devices.
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Bowman S, Casares-de-Cal MÁ, Alvarez-Dios J, Gomez Tato A, Roffey P, Richardson A, McNevin D, Gahan ME. Identification of Bacillus and Yersinia species and hoax agents by protein profiling using microfluidic capillary electrophoresis with peak detection algorithms. AUST J FORENSIC SCI 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00450618.2019.1629020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Sorelle Bowman
- National Centre for Forensic Studies, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia
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- School of Mathematics, University of Santiago de Compostela (Campus Vida), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- School of Mathematics, University of Santiago de Compostela (Campus Vida), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Forensics, Specialist Operations, Australian Federal Police, Canberra, Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- National Centre for Forensic Studies, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia
- Centre for Forensic Science, School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MaPS), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- National Centre for Forensic Studies, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia
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Dincer C, Bruch R, Costa-Rama E, Fernández-Abedul MT, Merkoçi A, Manz A, Urban GA, Güder F. Disposable Sensors in Diagnostics, Food, and Environmental Monitoring. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1806739. [PMID: 31094032 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201806739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Disposable sensors are low-cost and easy-to-use sensing devices intended for short-term or rapid single-point measurements. The growing demand for fast, accessible, and reliable information in a vastly connected world makes disposable sensors increasingly important. The areas of application for such devices are numerous, ranging from pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental, forensic, and food sciences to wearables and clinical diagnostics, especially in resource-limited settings. The capabilities of disposable sensors can extend beyond measuring traditional physical quantities (for example, temperature or pressure); they can provide critical chemical and biological information (chemo- and biosensors) that can be digitized and made available to users and centralized/decentralized facilities for data storage, remotely. These features could pave the way for new classes of low-cost systems for health, food, and environmental monitoring that can democratize sensing across the globe. Here, a brief insight into the materials and basics of sensors (methods of transduction, molecular recognition, and amplification) is provided followed by a comprehensive and critical overview of the disposable sensors currently used for medical diagnostics, food, and environmental analysis. Finally, views on how the field of disposable sensing devices will continue its evolution are discussed, including the future trends, challenges, and opportunities.
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- Can Dincer
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
- University of Freiburg, Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), 79110, Freiburg, Germany
- Laboratory for Sensors, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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- University of Freiburg, Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), 79110, Freiburg, Germany
- Laboratory for Sensors, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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- REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, 4249-015, Porto, Portugal
- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Europe, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Laboratory for Sensors, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
- University of Freiburg, Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
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Pfeil J, Dangelat LN, Frohme M, Schulze K. Smartphone based mobile microscopy for diagnostics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.3233/jcb-180010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Juliane Pfeil
- Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany
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- Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany
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- Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany
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- Oculyze GmbH, Mobile Microscopy and Computer Vision, Wildau, Germany
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Hernández-Neuta I, Neumann F, Brightmeyer J, Ba Tis T, Madaboosi N, Wei Q, Ozcan A, Nilsson M. Smartphone-based clinical diagnostics: towards democratization of evidence-based health care. J Intern Med 2019; 285:19-39. [PMID: 30079527 PMCID: PMC6334517 DOI: 10.1111/joim.12820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recent advancements in bioanalytical techniques have led to the development of novel and robust diagnostic approaches that hold promise for providing optimal patient treatment, guiding prevention programs and widening the scope of personalized medicine. However, these advanced diagnostic techniques are still complex, expensive and limited to centralized healthcare facilities or research laboratories. This significantly hinders the use of evidence-based diagnostics for resource-limited settings and the primary care, thus creating a gap between healthcare providers and patients, leaving these populations without access to precision and quality medicine. Smartphone-based imaging and sensing platforms are emerging as promising alternatives for bridging this gap and decentralizing diagnostic tests offering practical features such as portability, cost-effectiveness and connectivity. Moreover, towards simplifying and automating bioanalytical techniques, biosensors and lab-on-a-chip technologies have become essential to interface and integrate these assays, bringing together the high precision and sensitivity of diagnostic techniques with the connectivity and computational power of smartphones. Here, we provide an overview of the emerging field of clinical smartphone diagnostics and its contributing technologies, as well as their wide range of areas of application, which span from haematology to digital pathology and rapid infectious disease diagnostics.
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- I Hernández-Neuta
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, SE, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, SE, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, SE, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, SE, Sweden
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Yang K, Wu J, Santos S, Liu Y, Zhu L, Lin F. Recent development of portable imaging platforms for cell-based assays. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 124-125:150-160. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 10/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Paiè P, Martínez Vázquez R, Osellame R, Bragheri F, Bassi A. Microfluidic Based Optical Microscopes on Chip. Cytometry A 2018; 93:987-996. [PMID: 30211977 PMCID: PMC6220811 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.23589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Last decade's advancements in optofluidics allowed obtaining an ever increasing integration of different functionalities in lab on chip devices to culture, analyze, and manipulate single cells and entire biological specimens. Despite the importance of optical imaging for biological sample monitoring in microfluidics, imaging is traditionally achieved by placing microfluidics channels in standard bench-top optical microscopes. Recently, the development of either integrated optical elements or lensless imaging methods allowed optical imaging techniques to be implemented in lab on chip systems, thus increasing their automation, compactness, and portability. In this review, we discuss known solutions to implement microscopes on chip that exploit different optical methods such as bright-field, phase contrast, holographic, and fluorescence microscopy.
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- Petra Paiè
- Istituto di Fotonica e NanotecnologieConsiglio Nazionale dell RicerchePiazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220133 MilanItaly
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- Istituto di Fotonica e NanotecnologieConsiglio Nazionale dell RicerchePiazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220133 MilanItaly
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- Istituto di Fotonica e NanotecnologieConsiglio Nazionale dell RicerchePiazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220133 MilanItaly
- Dipartimento di FisicaPolitecnico di MilanoPiazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220133 MilanItaly
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- Istituto di Fotonica e NanotecnologieConsiglio Nazionale dell RicerchePiazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220133 MilanItaly
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- Istituto di Fotonica e NanotecnologieConsiglio Nazionale dell RicerchePiazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220133 MilanItaly
- Dipartimento di FisicaPolitecnico di MilanoPiazza Leonardo da Vinci 3220133 MilanItaly
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Hárendarčíková L, Petr J. Smartphones & microfluidics: Marriage for the future. Electrophoresis 2018; 39:1319-1328. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201700389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Lenka Hárendarčíková
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Palacký University in Olomouc; Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Palacký University in Olomouc; Olomouc Czech Republic
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Performance Characterization of Two-Dimensional Paper Chromatography-based Biosensors for Biodefense, Exemplified by Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores. BIOCHIP JOURNAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13206-017-2108-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Yang K, Wu J, Peretz-Soroka H, Zhu L, Li Z, Sang Y, Hipolito J, Zhang M, Santos S, Hillier C, de Faria RL, Liu Y, Lin F. M kit: A cell migration assay based on microfluidic device and smartphone. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 99:259-267. [PMID: 28772229 PMCID: PMC5585005 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.07.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Mobile sensing based on the integration of microfluidic device and smartphone, so-called MS2 technology, has enabled many applications over recent years, and continues to stimulate growing interest in both research communities and industries. In particular, it has been envisioned that MS2 technology can be developed for various cell functional assays to enable basic research and clinical applications. Toward this direction, in this paper, we describe the development of a MS2-based cell functional assay for testing cell migration (the Mkit). The system is constructed as an integrated test kit, which includes microfluidic chips, a smartphone-based imaging platform, the phone apps for image capturing and data analysis, and a set of reagent and accessories for performing the cell migration assay. We demonstrated that the Mkit can effectively measure purified neutrophil and cancer cell chemotaxis. Furthermore, neutrophil chemotaxis can be tested from a drop of whole blood using the Mkit with red blood cell (RBC) lysis. The effects of chemoattractant dose and gradient profile on neutrophil chemotaxis were also tested using the Mkit. In addition to research applications, we demonstrated the effective use of the Mkit for on-site test at the hospital and for testing clinical samples from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient. Thus, this developed Mkit provides an easy and integrated experimental platform for cell migration related research and potential medical diagnostic applications.
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- Ke Yang
- Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, PR China; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, PR China
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- Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, PR China
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- Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, PR China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Victoria General Hospital and River Heights/Fort Garry Community areas, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, PR China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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Advances in point-of-care technologies for molecular diagnostics. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 98:494-506. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Wei TY, Cheng CM. Synthetic Biology-Based Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Infectious Disease. Cell Chem Biol 2017; 23:1056-1066. [PMID: 27662252 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2016.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Infectious diseases outpace all other causes of death in low-income countries, posing global health risks, laying stress on healthcare systems and societies, and taking an avoidable human toll. One solution to this crisis is early diagnosis of infectious disease, which represents a powerful way to optimize treatment, increase patient survival rate, and decrease healthcare costs. However, conventional early diagnosis methods take a long time to generate results, lack accuracy, and are known to seriously underperform with regard to fungal and viral infections. Synthetic biology offers a fast and highly accurate alternative to conventional infectious disease diagnosis. In this review, we outline obstacles to infectious disease diagnostics and discuss two emerging alternatives: synthetic viral diagnostic systems and biosensors. We argue that these synthetic biology-based approaches may overcome diagnostic obstacles in infectious disease and improve health outcomes.
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- Ting-Yen Wei
- Interdisciplinary Program of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
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Wang Y, Zeinhom MMA, Yang M, Sun R, Wang S, Smith JN, Timchalk C, Li L, Lin Y, Du D. A 3D-Printed, Portable, Optical-Sensing Platform for Smartphones Capable of Detecting the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid. Anal Chem 2017; 89:9339-9346. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Yijia Wang
- School
of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
- College
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, PR China
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- School
of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
- Food
Hygiene Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62512, Egypt
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- School
of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- School
of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- College
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, PR China
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- Health Impacts & Exposure Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Health Impacts & Exposure Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- School
of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- School
of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- School
of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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Zarei M. Portable biosensing devices for point-of-care diagnostics: Recent developments and applications. Trends Analyt Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhang YS, Santiago GTD, Alvarez MM, Schiff SJ, Boyden ES, Khademhosseini A. Expansion Mini-Microscopy: An Enabling Alternative in Point-of-Care Diagnostics. CURRENT OPINION IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2017; 1:45-53. [PMID: 29062977 DOI: 10.1016/j.cobme.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Diagnostics play a significant role in health care. In the developing world and low-resource regions the utility for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics becomes even greater. This need has long been recognized, and diagnostic technology has seen tremendous progress with the development of portable instrumentation such as miniature imagers featuring low complexity and cost. However, such inexpensive devices have not been able to achieve a resolution sufficient for POC detection of pathogens at very small scales, such as single-cell parasites, bacteria, fungi, and viruses. To this end, expansion microscopy (ExM) is a recently developed technique that, by physically expanding preserved biological specimens through a chemical process, enables super-resolution imaging on conventional microscopes and improves imaging resolution of a given microscope without the need to modify the existing microscope hardware. Here we review recent advances in ExM and portable imagers, respectively, and discuss the rational combination of the two technologies, that we term expansion mini-microscopy (ExMM). In ExMM, the physical expansion of a biological sample followed by imaging on a mini-microscope achieves a resolution as high as that attainable by conventional high-end microscopes imaging non-expanded samples, at significant reduction in cost. We believe that this newly developed ExMM technique is likely to find widespread applications in POC diagnostics in resource-limited and remote regions by expanded-scale imaging of biological specimens that are otherwise not resolvable using low-cost imagers.
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- Yu Shrike Zhang
- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02139, MA, USA.,Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston 02115, MA, USA
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- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02139, MA, USA.,Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey at Monterrey, CP 64849, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
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- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02139, MA, USA.,Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey at Monterrey, CP 64849, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
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- Center for Neural Engineering, Departements of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Neurosurgery, and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA
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- Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,McGovern Institute, MIT, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,Center for Neurobiological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA
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- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02139, MA, USA.,Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge 02139, MA, USA.,Department of Bioindustrial Technologies, College of Animal Bioscience and Technology, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea.,Department of Physics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21569, Saudi Arabia
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Kobori Y, Pfanner P, Prins GS, Niederberger C. Novel device for male infertility screening with single-ball lens microscope and smartphone. Fertil Steril 2016; 106:574-8. [PMID: 27336208 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the usefulness of a novel semen analysis device consisting of a single-ball lens microscope paired with a state-of-the-art smartphone equipped with a camera. DESIGN Laboratory investigation. SETTING University research laboratory. PATIENT(S) A total of 50 semen samples obtained from volunteers were analyzed for count, concentration, and motility with an 0.8-mm ball lens and three types of smartphone. Comparisons were made with results obtained with a laboratory-based computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) system. INTERVENTION(S) None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Sperm concentration; sperm motility. RESULT(S) Sperm concentration counted with a ball lens and each smartphone showed a very strong correlation with the CASA results. Likewise, sperm motility calculated with our device showed significant correlations to CASA. If eight spermatozoa or fewer were found on the field of view of an iPhone 6s, the semen specimens were considered to be below the lower reference limit for sperm concentration of World Health Organization 2010 guidelines (15 × 10(6) spermatozoa/mL). The sensitivity was 87.5%, and specificity was 90.9%. CONCLUSION(S) Smartphones have great potential to analyze semen because they are portable, contain excellent digital cameras, and can be easily attached to a microscope. A single-ball lens microscope is inexpensive and easy to use for acquiring digital microscopic movies. Given its small size and weight, the device can support testing for male fertility at home or in the field, making it much more convenient and economical than current practice. This single-ball lens microscope provides an easy solution for global users to rapidly screen for male infertility.
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- Yoshitomo Kobori
- Department of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan; Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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- Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Yang K, Peretz-Soroka H, Liu Y, Lin F. Novel developments in mobile sensing based on the integration of microfluidic devices and smartphones. LAB ON A CHIP 2016; 16:943-58. [PMID: 26899264 PMCID: PMC5142836 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc01524c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Portable electronic devices and wireless communication systems enable a broad range of applications such as environmental and food safety monitoring, personalized medicine and healthcare management. Particularly, hybrid smartphone and microfluidic devices provide an integrated solution for the new generation of mobile sensing applications. Such mobile sensing based on microfluidic devices (broadly defined) and smartphones (MS(2)) offers a mobile laboratory for performing a wide range of bio-chemical detection and analysis functions such as water and food quality analysis, routine health tests and disease diagnosis. MS(2) offers significant advantages over traditional platforms in terms of test speed and control, low cost, mobility, ease-of-operation and data management. These improvements put MS(2) in a promising position in the fields of interdisciplinary basic and applied research. In particular, MS(2) enables applications to remote in-field testing, homecare, and healthcare in low-resource areas. The marriage of smartphones and microfluidic devices offers a powerful on-chip operating platform to enable various bio-chemical tests, remote sensing, data analysis and management in a mobile fashion. The implications of such integration are beyond telecommunication and microfluidic-related research and technology development. In this review, we will first provide the general background of microfluidic-based sensing, smartphone-based sensing, and their integration. Then, we will focus on several key application areas of MS(2) by systematically reviewing the important literature in each area. We will conclude by discussing our perspectives on the opportunities, issues and future directions of this emerging novel field.
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- Ke Yang
- Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 1126, Hefei, 230031, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P.R. China
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Institute of Applied Technology, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 1126, Hefei, 230031, P.R. China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 5V6, Canada
- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0T5, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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