Continuous molecular monitoring of human dermal interstitial fluid with microneedle-enabled electrochemical aptamer sensors
Mark Friedel, Benjamin Werbovetz, Amy Drexelius, Zach Watkins, Ahilya Bali, Kevin W. Plaxco, Jason Heikenfeld
Abstract
, phenylalanine-detecting sensor. The resulting architecture achieves good precision over the physiological concentration range and clinically relevant, 20 min lag times. By also demonstrating 90 days dry room-temperature shelf storage, the reported work also reaches another important milestone in moving such sensors to the clinic. While the devices demonstrated are not without remaining challenges, the results at minimum provide a simple method by which aptamer sensors can be quickly moved into human subjects for testing.
Topics & Concepts
AptamerBiomedical engineeringContinuous monitoringIn vivoElectrochemical gas sensorNanotechnologyInterstitial fluidMaterials scienceComputer scienceChemistryElectrochemistryMedicineElectrodePathologyBiologyEconomicsPhysical chemistryGeneticsBiotechnologyOperations managementAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications