A digital microfluidic electrochemical immunoassay
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
Digital microfluidics (DMF) has emerged as a popular format for implementing quantitative immunoassays for diagnostic biomarkers. All previous reports of such assays have relied on optical detection; here, we introduce the first digital microfluidic immunoassay relying on electrochemical detection. In this system, an indium tin oxide (ITO) based DMF top plate was modified to include gold sensing electrodes and silver counter/pseudoreference electrodes suitable for in-line amperometric measurements. A thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) immunoassay procedure was developed relying on magnetic microparticles conjugated with primary antibody (Ab1). Antigen molecules are captured followed by capture of a secondary antibody (Ab2) conjugated with horseradish peroxidase enzyme (HRP). HRP catalyzes the oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) which can be detected amperometrically. The limit of detection of the technique (2.4 μIU mL(-1)) is compatible with clinical applications; moreover, the simplicity and the small size of the detector suggest utility in the future for portable analysis.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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