
Nano-Micro Letters, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 30, 2025
Abstract Amplification-free, highly sensitive, and specific nucleic acid detection is crucial for health monitoring diagnosis. The type III CRISPR-Cas10 system, which provides viral immunity through CRISPR-associated protein effectors, enables a new amplification-free diagnostic tool. In this study, we develop CRISPR-graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs) biosensor by combining the system with GFETs direct detection. This exploits target RNA-activated continuous ssDNA cleavage activity of dCsm3 effector high charge density hairpin DNA reporter on GFET channel to achieve label-free, amplification-free, RNA CRISPR-GFET exhibits excellent performance in detecting medium-length RNAs miRNAs, limits at aM level broad linear range 10 −15 −11 M −9 miRNAs. It shows sensitivity throat swabs serum samples, distinguishing between healthy individuals (N = 5) breast cancer patients 6) without need extraction, purification, or amplification. platform mitigates risks associated amplification cross-contamination, making it versatile scalable tool molecular diagnostics human health.
Язык: Английский