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cord-317213-vhprfb1o	Tram, Dai Thien Nhan	Advances in nanomaterials and their applications in point of care (POC) devices for the diagnosis of infectious diseases	2016-09-26		.txt	text/plain	11575	794	48	This review presents an overview on how the POC-associated nanotechnology, currently applied for the identification of nucleic acids, proteins and antibodies, might be further exploited for the detection of infectious pathogens: although still premature, future integrations of nanoparticles with biological markers that target specific microorganisms will enable timely therapeutic intervention against life-threatening infectious diseases. • no tagging is required • about two orders of magnitude more sensitive than some common colorimetric techniques • selectivity down to the level of single-base mismatch • quantitative signal intensity varied with the length of target RNA sequence (Nam et al., 2004) Analyte: nucleotide sequence indicative of anthrax lethal factor Sample size: 30 μl Assay time: 3-4 h Detection range: 500 zM-5 fM Performance:	./cache/cord-317213-vhprfb1o.txt	./txt/cord-317213-vhprfb1o.txt