Humans have been living with microbes for millions of years. It is not a surprise that invisible battles between the two species have been extensively and intensively going on in our lives every day. As drug abuse and virus mutations become more severe and frequent in the world, we are facing new, previously unobserved, challenges from these tiny enemies in all aspects. The breach of our defense is on the brink. Since past diagnostic methods appear to be insufficient to deal with the new threats, we are then in dire need of developing innovative tools to contain the issue in the early phase.
In fact, dealing with the new threats from these tiny enemies, such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses are especially challenging because they are at such a small scale; They are literally invisible to the naked eye, and more importantly these pathogens can evolve rapidly to adapt to their ambient environments. Therefore, we need a new mindset to come up with creative solutions to help us win the battles against fungi, bacteria and viruses. With this motivation, we welcome the most brilliant minds around the world to share their ideas on biosensing technologies for this subject. Cutting-edge technologies can inspire researchers or clinicians to form new strategies and maybe this simple move will earn us additional time to reverse the trend of drug abuse and viral mutations. We hope that this Research Topic will serve as a token to induce a more impactful change in the future.
This Research Topic welcomes papers on the following biosensing technologies to develop strategies for the rapid detection of fungi, microbial and viral pathogens:
• Lab on a Chip biosensors
• Paper-based biosensors
• FET biosensors
• Electrochemical biosensors
• SPR biosensors
• Aptasensors
• Immunosensors
• Mechanical biosensors
• RF biosensors
• Wearable biosensors
• CRISPR/Cas based biosensing
• DNA switches-based biosensing
• Signal amplification based biosensing (such as nanomaterials, isothermal nucleic acid amplification)
Humans have been living with microbes for millions of years. It is not a surprise that invisible battles between the two species have been extensively and intensively going on in our lives every day. As drug abuse and virus mutations become more severe and frequent in the world, we are facing new, previously unobserved, challenges from these tiny enemies in all aspects. The breach of our defense is on the brink. Since past diagnostic methods appear to be insufficient to deal with the new threats, we are then in dire need of developing innovative tools to contain the issue in the early phase.
In fact, dealing with the new threats from these tiny enemies, such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses are especially challenging because they are at such a small scale; They are literally invisible to the naked eye, and more importantly these pathogens can evolve rapidly to adapt to their ambient environments. Therefore, we need a new mindset to come up with creative solutions to help us win the battles against fungi, bacteria and viruses. With this motivation, we welcome the most brilliant minds around the world to share their ideas on biosensing technologies for this subject. Cutting-edge technologies can inspire researchers or clinicians to form new strategies and maybe this simple move will earn us additional time to reverse the trend of drug abuse and viral mutations. We hope that this Research Topic will serve as a token to induce a more impactful change in the future.
This Research Topic welcomes papers on the following biosensing technologies to develop strategies for the rapid detection of fungi, microbial and viral pathogens:
• Lab on a Chip biosensors
• Paper-based biosensors
• FET biosensors
• Electrochemical biosensors
• SPR biosensors
• Aptasensors
• Immunosensors
• Mechanical biosensors
• RF biosensors
• Wearable biosensors
• CRISPR/Cas based biosensing
• DNA switches-based biosensing
• Signal amplification based biosensing (such as nanomaterials, isothermal nucleic acid amplification)