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ReviewBiomaterials2017

State of diagnosing infectious pathogens using colloidal nanomaterials.

Jisung Kim, Mohamed A Abdou Mohamed, Kyryl Zagorovsky, Warren C W Chan

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Review in Biomaterials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Recent Developments in Lateral Flow Assays forPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  11. Nanotools for Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment.Advanced healthcare materials · 2021
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  14. Magnetic Particles for Advanced Molecular Diagnosis.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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  15. Careers in nanomedicine and drug delivery.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2019
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  16. Mapping of the available standards against the regulatory needs for nanomedicines.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jisung KimInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada; Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Bimolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; Centre for Global Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada.
Mohamed A Abdou MohamedInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada; Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Bimolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt.
Kyryl ZagorovskyInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada; Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Bimolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada.
Warren C W ChanInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada; Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Bimolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E4, Canada. Electronic address: warren.chan@utoronto.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infectious diseases are a major global threat that accounts for one of the leading causes of global mortality and morbidity. Prompt diagnosis is a crucial first step in the management of infectious threats, which aims to quarantine infected patients to avoid contacts with healthy individuals and deliver effective treatments prior to further spread of diseases. This review article discusses current advances of diagnostic systems using colloidal nanomaterials (e.g., gold nanoparticles, quantum dots, magnetic nanoparticles) for identifying and differentiating infectious pathogens. The challenges involved in the clinical translation of these emerging nanotechnology based diagnostic devices will also be discussed.

Indexed as

GoldHumansMetal NanoparticlesNanostructuresNanotechnologyQuantum DotsGoldClinical translationDiagnosticsNanomaterialsNanotechnologyPoint of care

Identifiers

PMID28898761
PMCPMC7124370

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