Gold nanoparticle sensor measures early liver fibrosis marker from small blood samples

A probe squad led by Professor Jinsung Park of the Department of Biomechatronic Engineering astatine Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), moving jointly with Professor Pil-Soo Sung of the College of Medicine astatine the Catholic University of Korea and Professor Si-Hyun Bae, president of Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, has developed an ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensor susceptible of accurately detecting early-stage liver fibrosis—a information successful which the liver progressively hardens—using lone a tiny magnitude of blood. The probe represents a notable accomplishment successful the convergence of engineering and medicine, opening a way to identifying liver abnormalities done humor investigation alone, without the symptom of a insubstantial biopsy. The findings were published successful Chemical Engineering Journal.