Recent Developments in Nanomaterial-Based Sensing of Human Pathogens

Touching all areas of medical microbiology and analytical biochemistry, Recent Developments in Nanomaterial-Based Sensing of Human Pathogens provides understanding to the application-oriented microbial sensing concepts and updates the knowledge with recent advances on related aspects of all areas of pathogenic sensing. In 15 chapters Recent Developments in Nanomaterial-Based Sensing of Human Pathogens gives insight in the alignment of recent developments in the field of nano-sensing of bacterial and viral pathogenic organisms It describes the role of biomarkers in the detection of fungal diseases and the importance of mycoplasmas in health and diseases who are naturally resistant to many common antibiotics such as penicillin. Describes the use of pathogenic sensing and analytical techniques based on various principles Is composed from the multidisciplinary aspects of pathogenic sensing Addresses the challenges associated with the detection in the context of future development Provides an uptake on the use of nanomaterials for sensing human pathogens Covers the detection of most human pathogens in a single volume INDICE: Section 1: Importance of analytical biochemistry in developing nanomaterial-based sensors 1. Progress of nanomaterial-based sensors in terms of analytical properties such as sensitivity, rapidity of reaction, selectivity, and robustness in the development of smart and high-performing analytical tools 2. Nanosensors and biological markers of pathogenic diseases: Novel strategies in Biology and Medicine 3. Importance of Fluorescence Optical Sensors in Analytical Biochemistry: Current Strategies and Working Mechanisms 4. Conducting nanomaterials in the analytical chemistry: Merits and demerits comparison with conventional approaches Section 2: Recent developments in nanomaterial-based sensing of human viral pathogens 5. Biomarkers of Human viral infections and their role in diagnosis 6. Advances in nanomaterial mediated sensing approaches for the detection of DNA viruses pathogenic for humans 7. Trends in the detection of RNA viruses pathogenic for humans using nanotechnology Section 3: Recent developments in nanomaterial-based sensing of human bacterial pathogens 8. Bacterial Pathogen Biomarkers of Human and Their Importance in Rapid Diagnosis 9. Nanotechnology integration in sensing platforms for significant improvements in pathogenic bacteria detection capabilities and device functionality Section 4: Recent developments in nanomaterial-based sensing of human fungal pathogens 10. Role of Molecular Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases using nanomaterial-based sensing platforms 11. Current fungal diagnostics and the development of novel biophysical technologies for selective new sensitive fungal biosensors to augment traditional diagnostic techniques Section 5: Recent developments in nanomaterial-based sensing of human mycoplasma pathogens 12. Role of Mycoplasmas in triggering inflammation and altering key cellular pathways, allowing for a better knowledge of potential cellular transformation mechanisms for clinical diagnosis 13. Identification of Clinical Features and Biomarkers that Predict Mycoplasma-Associated Human Diseases 14. Rapid and Sensitive Nanotechnology-Based Mycoplasma Detection Methods for Clinical Specimens: Recent Advances 15. Overview of available technologies and the advantages of nanosensing

• ISBN: 978-0-443-18574-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés