Ultraspecific Nucleic Acid Sensors for Low-Cost Liquid Biopsies

    公开(公告)号:US20220372586A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17879871

    申请日:2022-08-03

    Abstract: Ultraspecific, programmable nucleic acid sensors capable of detecting and preferentially amplifying target DNA molecules comprising a particular SNP or mutation are provided. In some cases, the ultraspecific programmable nucleic acid sensors are useful for detecting SNP-containing DNA molecules indicative of cancer such as cell-free DNA circulating in the blood or indicative of organ transplant rejection Also provided are methods for construction of such ultraspecific nucleic acid sensors and methods for preferential amplification of target DNA molecules containing a mutation of interest, as well as testing systems for early cancer screening and routine monitoring of circulating cancer DNA using liquid biological samples such as serum, plasma, or saliva.

    BIOPOLYMER-COATED TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDES HAVING POTENT ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210289791A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:US17264766

    申请日:2019-07-30

    Abstract: Biocompatible polymer-coated transition metal chalcogenide (TMC) nanomaterials are provided herein. In particular, provided herein are two-dimensional polymer-coated TMC nanomaterials having excellent antimicrobial properties and biocompatibility, as well as methods of inhibiting microbiological growth on, or in, devices coated by or otherwise comprising the biocompatible polymer-coated transition metal chalcogenide (TMC) nanomaterials. In some cases, the biopolymer coating encapsulating the TMC nanomaterial comprises short synthetic single-stranded DNAs (ssDNAs). As described herein, ssDNA-encapsulated TMDCs exhibit no cytotoxicity against human cell lines at concentrations up to 0.25 mg/mL, but they exhibit exceptionally strong bactericidal activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and a gram-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain. In other cases, TMDCs encapsulated by poly-L-lysine and Pluronic F77 display strong activity against multi drug resistance bacteria and form coatings that strongly inhibit bacterial biofilms, while TMDCs encapsulated by chitosan exhibit strong activity against fungi.

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