Chitosan in immunosensors for early detection of Alzheimer's disease
As the population ages, the number of Alzheimer's cases could triple by 2050. To enable early diagnosis, sensitive and easy-to-use diagnostic platforms are needed. Therefore, in the presented study, an electrochemical immunosensor was fabricated using chitosan and gold nanoparticles functionalized carbon nanotubes.
Publications in March 2016 - neuron growth with chitin scaffolds
In March 2016, 289 publications about chitosan and chitosan derivative have been released. Most articles investigated chitosan nanoparticels and polymers, as well as chitosan in pharmaceutical preparations. Majority of chitosan research takes place in China (55 articles), USA (36) and India (21). Development of new scaffold materials for in vitro tissue engineering is an important topic for regenerative medicine. Biomaterial scaffolds need to be biocompatible and cell growth supportive.
Recent publications with chitosan nano-particles
In the first two months of the year articles were published predominantly in these journals: biomaterials [6], biomed mater res a [2], j mater sci-mater m [2], langmuir [2], biomacromolecultes [2] Authors are from Asia, Europe and Northamerica. The treated topics are presented in this article. The data was obtained through GoPubMed.