DNA day on April 25th, celebrates major scientific achievements concerning DNA, in particular the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double helix…

Antibiotic resistance is increasing globally and represents one of the biggest public health challenges of our time. In the US alone, there are more than 2.8 million cases of…

In the recently published paper in Talenta from Dr Mark Platt and the team at Loughborough University, they demonstrate a novel approach for aptamer biosensors to detect…

The challenge Small molecules such as antibiotics, drugs, toxins and food additives are often perceived as difficult targets to obtain a suitable affinity ligand. The development of rapid,…

1st August 2018 Scientists from the Technical University of Denmark, led by Krishna Kant have published a new review in Biotechnology Advances including  aptamer-based approaches  for…

4th July 2017 Aptamers are increasingly being used in Biosensors. Biosensors are devices that use biological molecules, especially enzymes or antibodies, or living organisms to detect the presence…