aptamer sensors patched up

My astrobiology co-author Kevin Plaxco has been pioneering the development of biosensors based on aptamers (the artificially generated DNA ...

Was zur Hölle ist ein #aptamer 🤔

Ein Aptamer ist ein kurzes einzelsträngiges DNA- oder RNA-Oligonukleotid, das spezifisch an ein Zielmolekül binden kann. Diese Moleküle können Proteine, bakterielle Gifte, niedermolekulare Stoffe wie Aminosäuren, Antibiotika und Viruspartikel binden. Aptamere werden künstlich in vitro hergestellt und weisen Dissoziationskonstanten im pico- bis nanomolaren Bereich auf.

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#BC007 ist ein potenzieller Wirkstoffkandidat gegen das #PostCovidSyndrom und andere #Autoimmunkrankheiten mit funktionellen Autoantikörpern gegen #GProtein gekoppelte Rezeptoren #gpcr Es handelt sich um ein #aptamer das diese krankmachenden #Autoantikörper blockieren soll. Die klinische Phase-II-Studie reCOVer der Augenklinik des #Uniklinikums #Erlangen untersucht den molekularen Weg bestimmter Autoantikörper beim Post-COVID-Syndrom. In diesem Zusammenhang startet in …

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Novel approach uses ionic liquids for diverse aptamer applications

Aptamers, nucleic acids capable of selectively binding to viruses, proteins, ions, small molecules, and various other targets, are garnering attention in drug development as potential antibody substitutes for their thermal and chemical stability as well as their ability to inhibit specific enzymes or target proteins through three-dimensional binding.

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DNA aptamer finds novel application in regulating cell differentiation

Generating specific cell lineages from induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells is the holy grail of regenerative medicine. Guiding iPSCs toward a target cell line has garnered much attention, but the process remains challenging.

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new citation: `Real-time label-free #detection of dynamic #aptamer–small #molecule interactions using a #nanopore nucleic acid conformational #sensor`

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108118120

Reading chemicals inside the brain with an aptamer/microelectronic fiber combination

A research group has developed a neural device that detects specific neurotransmitters in the brain with high sensitivity and selectivity by combining multifunctional fibers and DNA molecular probes. Details of the research were published in the journal Analytical Chemistry on April 24, 2023.

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Dr. Brea Manuel (UMBC): "Modular Catalysis: Aptamer Enhancement of Enzyme Kinetics in an NP Reactor"

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this must be the first time I've seen the word #aptamer on the front page of the guardian website: 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/25/aptamer-york-biotech-cancer-treatments    

Aptamer: the York biotech working on precision cancer treatments

UK firm links with up global drug firms to make synthetic antibodies capable of binding to targets such as tumour cells

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