Electrochemical characterization of carminic acid towards the use as an electrochemical molecular beacon for nucleic acid detection.

Worldwide, more than a million people die from tuberculosis (TB) every year. Although the disease is curable, treatment is complicated by multi-drug resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB strains. To detect TB and differentiate between its strains, a sensitive and specific point-of-care device...

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Main Author: Gorbunova, Santa Maria
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52894