Sensing Viruses by Mechanical Tension of DNA in Responsive Hydrogels

The rapid worldwide spread of severe viral infections, often involving novel mutations of viruses, poses major challenges to our health-care systems. This means that tools that can efficiently and specifically diagnose viruses are much needed. To be relevant for broad applications in local health-ca...

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Main Authors: Jaeoh Shin, Andrey G. Cherstvy, Ralf Metzler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014-04-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.021002