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ArticleBiosensors & bioelectronics2021

Emulsion-based isothermal nucleic acid amplification for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection via angle-dependent light scatter analysis.

Alexander S Day, Tiffany-Heather Ulep, Babak Safavinia, Tyler Hertenstein, Elizabeth Budiman, Laurel Dieckhaus, Jeong-Yeol Yoon

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Article in Biosensors & bioelectronics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors.

Alexander S DayDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States.
Tiffany-Heather UlepDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States.
Babak SafaviniaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States.
Tyler HertensteinDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States.
Elizabeth BudimanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States.
Laurel DieckhausDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States.
Jeong-Yeol YoonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States. Electronic address: jyyoon@arizona.edu.

Funding

SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERP30ES006694 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI DEAN BILLHEIMER · 1994 to 2026
$36.7M
Cardiovascular Biomedical Engineering Training GrantT32HL007955 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI BARTON, JENNIFER KEHLET · 2001 to 2020
$5.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007955NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, an ongoing global health crisis, has revealed the need for new technologies that integrate the sensitivity and specificity of RT-PCR tests with a faster time-to-detection. Here, an emulsion loop-mediated isothermal amplification (eLAMP) platform was developed to allow for the compartmentalization of LAMP reactions, leading to faster changes in emulsion characteristics, and thus lowering time-to-detection. Within these droplets, ongoing LAMP reactions lead to adsorption of amplicons to the water-oil interface, causing a decrease in interfacial tension, resulting in smaller emulsion diameters. Changes in emulsion diameter allow for the monitoring of the reaction by use of angle-dependent light scatter (based off Mie scatter theory). Mie scatter simulations confirmed that light scatter intensity is diameter-dependent and smaller colloids have lower intensity values compared to larger colloids. Via spectrophotometers and fiber optic cables placed at 30° and 60°, light scatter intensity was monitored. Scatter intensities collected at 5 min, 30° could statistically differentiate 10, 10

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Biosensing TechniquesCOVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingDynamic Light ScatteringEmulsionsEquipment DesignHumansLimit of DetectionMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesSARS-CoV-2SmartphoneTime FactorsEmulsionsCOVID-19EmulsionInterfacial tensionLoop-mediated isothermal amplificationMie scatterSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33640656
PMCPMC7892303

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