• Chitosan gold nanoparticles for detection of amplified nucleic acids isolated from sputum 

      Tammam, Salma N.; Khalil, Mahmoud A.F.; Gawad, Eman Abdul; Althani, Asma; Zaghloul, Hosam; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
      A platform for nucleic acid detection employing chitosan and chitosan coated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) was used as a model target. MTB DNA was extracted from sputum using ...
    • Nanodiagnostics for tuberculosis detection 

      El-Samadony, Hesham; Althani, Asma; Tageldin, Mohamed Awad; Azzazy, Hassan M.E. ( Taylor & Francis , 2017 , Article)
      Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading killer worldwide. End TB strategy aims at ending the TB epidemic by 2030. Early, accurate, and affordable diagnosis represents a cornerstone to achieve this goal. Innovative ...