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A Digital Microfluidics Platform for Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Detection.


ABSTRACT: Digital microfluidics (DMF) arises as the next step in the fast-evolving field of operation platforms for molecular diagnostics. Moreover, isothermal schemes, such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), allow for further simplification of amplification protocols. Integrating DMF with LAMP will be at the core of a new generation of detection devices for effective molecular diagnostics at point-of-care (POC), providing simple, fast, and automated nucleic acid amplification with exceptional integration capabilities. Here, we demonstrate for the first time the role of coupling DMF and LAMP, in a dedicated device that allows straightforward mixing of LAMP reagents and target DNA, as well as optimum temperature control (reaction droplets undergo a temperature variation of just 0.3 °C, for 65 °C at the bottom plate). This device is produced using low-temperature and low-cost production processes, adaptable to disposable and flexible substrates. DMF-LAMP is performed with enhanced sensitivity without compromising reaction efficacy or losing reliability and efficiency, by LAMP-amplifying 0.5 ng/µL of target DNA in just 45 min. Moreover, on-chip LAMP was performed in 1.5 µL, a considerably lower volume than standard bench-top reactions.

SUBMITTER: Coelho BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5713054 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Digital Microfluidics Platform for Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Detection.

Coelho Beatriz Jorge BJ   Veigas Bruno B   Águas Hugo H   Fortunato Elvira E   Martins Rodrigo R   Baptista Pedro Viana PV   Igreja Rui R  

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 20171116 11


Digital microfluidics (DMF) arises as the next step in the fast-evolving field of operation platforms for molecular diagnostics. Moreover, isothermal schemes, such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), allow for further simplification of amplification protocols. Integrating DMF with LAMP will be at the core of a new generation of detection devices for effective molecular diagnostics at point-of-care (POC), providing simple, fast, and automated nucleic acid amplification with exceptio  ...[more]

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