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Recent Advancement in Nanostructured-Based Electrochemical Genosensors for Pathogen Detection

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Pathogen detection is a critical issue to minimize the mortality caused due to different pathogenic diseases. Biosensors provide the most attractive and alternative method for the fast, selective and reliable detection of pathogens as compared to conventional methods such as PCR, ELISA and FISH which have some limitations. Biosensors in which DNA/RNA were used as recognition element are known as genosensors. Genosensors provide wide range of applications in diagnosis of diseases including infectious diseases, cancer, autoimmune diseases and much more. Recent advancement in the incorporation of nanostructures for the fabrication of genosensors had raised lot of attention. These nanostructured materials provide large surface area, biocompatibility, nontoxicity and surface defects which have led to the development of successful electrochemical genosensors. This chapter includes recent progress in the fabrication of genosensors for pathogen detection based on different nanostructures.

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Khan, S., Akrema, Arif, R., Yasmeen, S., Rahisuddin (2021). Recent Advancement in Nanostructured-Based Electrochemical Genosensors for Pathogen Detection. In: Khan, Z.H. (eds) Emerging Trends in Nanotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9904-0_12

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