Biosensors (Apr 2025)

Nanoparticulate Copper Cluster-Mediated Biosensing of Cardiac Biomolecular Markers

  • Lakshmi V. Nair,
  • Jarred Wheeler,
  • Yaelyn Ha,
  • Kimberly M. Jones,
  • Jesse Jones,
  • Vinoy Thomas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/bios15040237
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 4
p. 237

Abstract

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Being a leading cause of death, heart diseases across the globe need special attention to enable early diagnosis. Metal nanoparticle-mediated biosensors are useful clinical tools for the early detection of bio-analytes. The size-dependent surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of metal nanoparticles can be effectively utilized for the same purpose. The early detection of heart diseases can be evaluated by monitoring the troponin level. A copper nanoparticle-mediated troponin biosensor was developed through antibody conjugation for troponin I and troponin T. The copper nanosensor shows a concentration-dependent SPR change towards troponin T and troponin I.

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