Paper-based point-of-care test with xeno nucleic acid probes

Biotechnol Bioeng. 2019 Oct;116(10):2764-2777. doi: 10.1002/bit.27106. Epub 2019 Jul 24.

Abstract

Bridging the unmet need of efficient point-of-care testing (POCT) in biomedical engineering research and practice with the emerging development in artificial synthetic xeno nucleic acids (XNAs), this review summarized the recent development in paper-based POCT using XNAs as sensing probes. Alongside the signal transducing mode and immobilization methods of XNA probes, a detailed evaluation of probe performance was disclosed. With these new aspects, both researchers in synthetic chemistry / biomedical engineering and physicians in clinical practice could gain new insights in designing, manufacturing and choosing suitable reagents and techniques for POCT.

Keywords: aptamer; chemical modification; paper-based analytical devices (PADs); point-of-care testing (POCT); xeno nucleic acids (XNAs).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Nucleic Acid Probes / chemistry*
  • Point-of-Care Systems*
  • Point-of-Care Testing*

Substances

  • Nucleic Acid Probes