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Viruses for ultrasensitive assays

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A three-dimensional assay based on genetically engineered viral nanoparticles and nickel nanohairs can detect much lower levels of protein markers associated with heart attacks than conventional assays.

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Figure 1: An ultrasensitive three-dimensional immunoassay.

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  1. Edwin Donath is in the Institute of Medical Physics & Biophysics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, 04107, Germany

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Donath, E. Viruses for ultrasensitive assays. Nature Nanotech 4, 215–216 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.64

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