Using a light-induced immunoassay to detect viruses (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Using a light-induced immunoassay to detect viruses

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A low-power laser can cause bubbles to form and convection to move nanoparticles so that they gather at an assembly site on an antibody-coated substrate, accelerating their detection.

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Osaka Metropolitan University/CC BY 4.0

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