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SUBMITTER: Kinnunen P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3625966 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kinnunen Paivo P McNaughton Brandon H BH Albertson Theodore T Sinn Irene I Mofakham Sima S Elbez Remy R Newton Duane W DW Hunt Alan A Kopelman Raoul R
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20120605 16
Bacterial antibiotic resistance is one of the major concerns of modern healthcare worldwide, and the development of rapid, growth-based, antimicrobial susceptibility tests is key for addressing it. The cover image shows a self-assembled asynchronous magnetic bead rotation (AMBR) biosensor developed for rapid detection of bacterial growth. Using the biosensors, the minimum inhibitory concentration of a clinical E. coli isolate can be measured within two hours, where currently tests take 6-24 hour ...[more]