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Detection of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in saliva with Shrinky-Dink© electrodes
Julia A Zakashansky1, Amanda H Imamura2, Darwin F Salgado3
1Materials Science and Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA. mkhine@uci.edu.
Analytical Methods : Advancing Methods and Applications
|February 12, 2021
Abstract:
Using the children's toy, Shrinky-Dink©, we present an aptamer-based electrochemical (E-AB) assay that recognizes the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva for viral infection detection. The low-cost electrodes are implementable at population scale and demonstrate detection down to 1 ag mL-1 of the S1 subunit of the spike protein.
