In recent years, tremendous advances in point-of-care (POC) diagnostics technology have attracted considerable attention, due to their rapid operation on the site required to manage severe diseases, even in a personalized manner. The POC diagnostic devices offer easy operation, fast analytical outcome, and affordable cost, which promote their advanced research and versatile adaptability.
This Research Topic offers new perspectives on the development of various rapid assay formats, such as those based on lateral flow, for rapid assay of diagnostic targets, including but not limited to proteins, metabolites, nucleic acids, human cells, and microbes/pathogens. Many emerging biosensing concepts, such as those based on label-free sensing and fluorescence resonance energy transfer, multiplex assays, and wash-free assays, have provided the desired bioanalytical tools for prospective applications. In addition, this research topic also focuses on key enabling technologies for POC diagnostic, including traditional and advanced lateral flow approaches, printing and laminating technologies, microfluidics, and bio-chips. The emerging complementary technologies, smartphone-based POC devices, fully-automated POC diagnostic systems, and the POC bioanalytical applications target the central theme of this special issue. The clinical applications of POC diagnostics technologies for diagnosis, monitoring, and management of severe diseases such as infectious diseases, and cancers also fall in the scope of this Research Topic.
This Research Topic will accept submissions that cover areas including, but not limited to:
• Nanomaterials for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics
• Emerging biosensing strategies for POC diagnostics
• Signal monitoring systems for POC diagnostics
• Key enabling technologies and emerging complementary technologies for POC diagnostics
• Development of low cost, mobile, wearable POC devices, and systems
• Innovative examples in both commercial products and academic POC research
• Articles related to the applications of POC diagnostics technologies for diagnosis, monitoring, and management of severe diseases
In recent years, tremendous advances in point-of-care (POC) diagnostics technology have attracted considerable attention, due to their rapid operation on the site required to manage severe diseases, even in a personalized manner. The POC diagnostic devices offer easy operation, fast analytical outcome, and affordable cost, which promote their advanced research and versatile adaptability.
This Research Topic offers new perspectives on the development of various rapid assay formats, such as those based on lateral flow, for rapid assay of diagnostic targets, including but not limited to proteins, metabolites, nucleic acids, human cells, and microbes/pathogens. Many emerging biosensing concepts, such as those based on label-free sensing and fluorescence resonance energy transfer, multiplex assays, and wash-free assays, have provided the desired bioanalytical tools for prospective applications. In addition, this research topic also focuses on key enabling technologies for POC diagnostic, including traditional and advanced lateral flow approaches, printing and laminating technologies, microfluidics, and bio-chips. The emerging complementary technologies, smartphone-based POC devices, fully-automated POC diagnostic systems, and the POC bioanalytical applications target the central theme of this special issue. The clinical applications of POC diagnostics technologies for diagnosis, monitoring, and management of severe diseases such as infectious diseases, and cancers also fall in the scope of this Research Topic.
This Research Topic will accept submissions that cover areas including, but not limited to:
• Nanomaterials for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics
• Emerging biosensing strategies for POC diagnostics
• Signal monitoring systems for POC diagnostics
• Key enabling technologies and emerging complementary technologies for POC diagnostics
• Development of low cost, mobile, wearable POC devices, and systems
• Innovative examples in both commercial products and academic POC research
• Articles related to the applications of POC diagnostics technologies for diagnosis, monitoring, and management of severe diseases