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ArticleMikrochimica acta2018

A PCR microreactor machinery with passive micropump and battery-powered heater for thermo-cycled amplifications of clinical-level and multiplexed DNA targets.

Bing Shi, Gengxian He, Wenming Wu

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Article in Mikrochimica acta, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Bing ShiState Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China.
Gengxian HeState Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China.
Wenming WuState Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China. wuwm@ciomp.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4793-6132

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 61704169Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province 20180520112JH
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A self-contained polymerase chain reaction (PCR) platform with miniaturized power-system is introduced. It is powered by portable lithium batteries and integrated continuous-flow PCR amplification platform. Generally speaking, traditional commercial thermal cyclers rely on external electric supply and thus they are too big in instrument size. This prevents real-timely and field testing during PCR diagnosis. The authors are introducing a continuous-flow 3D spiral microreactor for DNA amplifications and high-resolution multiplexed targets' detection by utilizing the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing-polymer to fabricate the microreactor for the first time. The whole setup (that can all be placed in one hand) includes (a) the thermo-cycled control (5.5 cm width, 10 cm length and 11 cm height), (b) the passive continuous-flow control, and (c) the trapezoidal PCR microreactor. The PCR platform can work for 4.5 h continuously. With minimal accessories and operations, the total cost of the self-contained PCR machinery is <20 $, much lower than the mainstream of commercial PCR machinery. By waiving external electric supply, this miniaturized PCR platform is applied to amplify the typical DNA fragments of plasma isolated hepatitis B virus (HBV), influenza virus (H7N9avian influenza) bacterium (Escherichia coli) plasmid and multiplexed targets. The efficiency of the method is 70% of that of commercial thermal cycler (CFX Connect, Bio Rad). The DNA of H7N9avian influenza can be detected in concentrations as low as 10

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Electric Power SuppliesTemperatureDNAHepatitis B virusHumansMicrotechnologyPolymerase Chain ReactionDNA3D spiral PVC microreactorContinuous-flowLithium batteries poweredMultiplexed targetsSelf-contained

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