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One-sampling and Rapid Analysis of Cancer Biomarker on a Power-free and Low-cost Microfluidic Chip

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Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is an important disease biomarker, relating to cancers such as hepatocarcinomas and gastric cancer. However, traditional methods are time-consuming, relied on bulky instruments and trained professionals, cannot satisfy the demand for low cost and point-of-care testing (POCT). In this study, a power-free POCT device was developed for the rapid and low-cost detection of AFP via one-sampling. Based on the principle of sandwich immunofluorescence, the chip is capable of automatically accomplishing on-chip mixing, labeling and capturing procedures, which only require that operator add 40 μL sample into the chip one time. The proposed device is capable of sensitively detecting human AFP in FBS with a dynamic range of 10 - 1000 ng/mL and LOD (1.88 ng/mL) within a short time of 3 min. Predictably, our method holds a great potential to be applied in the POC diagnostics of proteins, especially for some regions that are resource-limited.

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This work was partially supported by the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (01MB2310), the Information Technology Research Center (ITRC), and the Brain Korea 21 (BK21). p]This work was supported by the Key Research and Development Plan Project of Anhui Province (No.1704a0802157) and the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2019B020219003).

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  1. Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Nailong Gao

  2. Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China

    Nailong Gao & Jianguo Chang

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, Guangxi, China

    Peng Dai, Ziming Zhu & Hui You

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Gao, N., Chang, J., Dai, P. et al. One-sampling and Rapid Analysis of Cancer Biomarker on a Power-free and Low-cost Microfluidic Chip. ANAL. SCI. 37, 1695–1700 (2021). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.21P098

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