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ReviewGenes2024

Hope on the Horizon? Aptamers in Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections.

Sadegh Khodavaisy, Jianping Xu

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Review in Genes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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

What it found

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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

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sadegh KhodavaisyDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8039-4991
Jianping XuDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2915-2780

Funding

McMaster University GSI2020-3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite remarkable advances in the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections (IFIs), rapid, specific, sensitive, and cost-effective detection methods remain elusive. Due to their stability, ease of production, and specificity to signature molecules of fungal pathogens, short single-stranded sequences of DNA, RNA, and XNA, collectively called aptamers, have emerged as promising diagnostic markers. In this perspective, we summarize recent progress in aptamer-based diagnostic tools for IFIs and discuss how these tools could potentially meet the needs and provide economical and simple solutions for point-of-care for better management of IFIs.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideInvasive Fungal InfectionsFungiHumansSELEX Aptamer TechniqueAptamers, Nucleotideaptamersdiagnosisinvasive fungal infectionstreatment

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PMID38927669
PMCPMC11202631

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