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ReviewACS nano2025

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering for Biomolecular Sensing in Human Healthcare Monitoring.

Stacey Laing, Sian Sloan-Dennison, Karen Faulds, Duncan Graham

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Review in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Stacey LaingDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow G1 1RD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-5781-349X
Sian Sloan-DennisonDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow G1 1RD, U.K.
Karen FauldsDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow G1 1RD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-5567-7399
Duncan GrahamDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 99 George Street, Glasgow G1 1RD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-6079-2105

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the 1980s, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been used for the rapid and sensitive detection of biomolecules. Whether a label-free or labeled assay is adopted, SERS has demonstrated low limits of detection in a variety of biological matrices. However, SERS analysis has been confined to the laboratory due to several reasons such as reproducibility and scalability, both of which have been discussed at length in the literature. Another possible issue with the lack of widespread adoption of SERS is that its application in point of use (POU) testing is only now being fully explored due to the advent of portable Raman spectrometers. Researchers are now investigating how SERS can be used as the output on several POU platforms such as lateral flow assays, wearable sensors, and in volatile organic compound (VOC) detection for human healthcare monitoring, with favorable results that rival the gold standard approaches. Another obstacle that SERS faces is the interpretation of the wealth of information obtained from the platform. To combat this, machine learning is being explored and has been shown to provide quick and accurate analysis of the generated data, leading to sensitive detection and discrimination of many clinically relevant biomolecules. This review will discuss the advancements of SERS combined with POU testing and the strength that machine learning can bring to the analysis to produce a powerful combined platform for human healthcare monitoring.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesSpectrum Analysis, RamanHumansMachine LearningSurface PropertiesVolatile Organic CompoundsVolatile Organic Compoundsmachine learningpoint of use testingSERSVOC detectionwearable sensors

Identifiers

PMID40014676
PMCPMC11912579

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