Padideh Mohammadyousef

Plasmonic and label-free real-time quantitative PCR for point-of-care diagnostics In response to the world’s medical community need for accurate and immediate infectious pathogen detection, many researchers have focused on adapting the standard molecular diagnostic method of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to point-of-care (POC) applications. PCR technology is not without its shortcomings; current platforms can be bulky, slow, and power-intensive.