Collection
Microfluidics and Nanotechnology for Infectious Diseases
- Submission status
- Open
- Open for submission from
- 01 May 2022
- Submission deadline
- Ongoing
Infectious diseases caused by viruses and bacteria represent one of the major reasons of global mortality. Due to their contagious nature, easy movement of subjects (both people and animals) internationally, and ability to adapt to various therapies, the incidence of newly emerging, evolving, and drug-resistant pathogens is on the rise. Thus, novel technologies that enable better understanding of the pathogens and the accompanying diseases, development of early and precise diagnosis, and development of countermeasures against infectious agents are highly desired. Micro- and nano-technologies, enabling controlled interactions with bacterial and viral pathogens, due to the similarity in the physical scales, can provide promising solutions.
More specifically, microfluidics and nanomedicine have shown great promises for broad arrays of applications in infectious diseases. These applications range from devices and materials that allow better understanding of infectious agents’ biology and interactions with the host, rapid and accurate diagnosis, as well as development of vaccines and efficient therapeutics. The impacts of microfluidics and nanotechnology in the field of infectious diseases are greatly benefiting from the extensive technology advancements made in the past two decades. In fact, nanomedicines carrying vaccines received worldwide clinical recognition and validation during the COVID-19 pandemics, saving millions of lives worldwide. Microfluidics-based devices are also being widely utilized for rapid and accurate diagnosis purposes. Considering the tremendous negative impacts infectious diseases are having on our society, combined with the forecast of even more frequent outbreaks of emerging and drug-resistant viral and microbial diseases, it is expected that microfluidics and nanotechnology will occupy an important clinical niche in the battle against these pathogens in the future.
This special issue will focus on featuring the latest developments and applications of microfluidics and nanotechnology for combating infectious diseases caused by viral and microbial pathogens, with an anticipated substantial impact on the future of diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of these pathologies.
Editors
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Arum Han (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)
Dr. Han is a Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Chancellor’s EDGES Fellow and the Presidential Impact Fellow of Texas A&M University. He also holds joint appointments in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a Graduate Faculty of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, Faculty of the Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, and Faculty of Toxicology. His research focuses on development of microfluidic, lab-on-a-chip, and organ-on-a-chip systems that enable unique biological experiments at high throughput and high accuracy that can then be readily adopted by the broad bio/medical science community.
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Biana Godin (Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX, USA)
Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX, USA
Articles (7 in this collection)
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Metal-based nanoparticles in antibacterial application in biomedical field: Current development and potential mechanisms
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Hao Jiang
- Lingzhi Li
- Xiang Chu
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 23 January 2024
- Article: 12
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Cell phone microscopy enabled low-cost manufacturable colorimetric urine glucose test
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Zhuolun Meng
- Hassan Raji
- Mehdi Javanmard
- Content type: Research
- Published: 06 November 2023
- Article: 43
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A portable point-of-care testing device for forward blood typing with hemophilia diagnosis
Authors
- Yaw-Jen Chang
- Shang-Fen Yeh
- Pin-Jyun Chen
- Content type: Research
- Published: 30 September 2023
- Article: 38
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A fully integrated duplex RT-LAMP device for the detection of viral infections
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nicolas Mytzka
- Skaiste Arbaciauskaite
- Dirk Kuhlmeier
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 September 2023
- Article: 36
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Development of a novel microfluidic perfusion 3D cell culture system for improved neuronal cell differentiation
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Dong Hyeok Park
- Mei Tong He
- Jeung Sang Go
- Content type: Research
- Published: 13 June 2023
- Article: 22
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Microfluidic-based technologies for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19: recent advances and future directions
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- E. Alperay Tarim
- Muge Anil Inevi
- H. Cumhur Tekin
- Content type: ReviewPaper
- Published: 13 March 2023
- Article: 10