Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a time-resolved fluorescent immunochromato-graphic test strip for detecting vancomycin as well as a preparation method and application thereof. In some embodiments, the test strip includes a bottom plate and a sample absorption pad. A fluorescent microsphere pad, a nitrocellulose membrane coated with a vancomycin-carrier protein conjugate, and an absorbent pad are sequentially overlapped and pasted on the bottom plate. The fluorescent microsphere pad is sprayed with a fluorescent microsphere-labeled vancomycin monoclonal antibody, and the vancomycin monoclonal antibody is prepared by using a vancomycin-bovine serum albumin conjugate as an immunogen.

Methods of evaluating a sample, e.g., a saliva sample, for the presence of an analyte, e.g., glucose, are provided. Aspects of the methods include: placing a sample onto a sample receiving location of a test strip device, where the test strip device includes analyte detection reagents; and then obtaining a signal from the test strip assay device to evaluate the sample for the presence of the analyte; where the methods include contacting the sample with an antibacterial agent at some point during the assay. Also provided are test strips and kits configured for use in the methods.

Provided is a dual-channel fluorescence sensor based on in-situ synthesis of carbon dots on halloysite nanotubes (HNT) and loaded with a lanthanide metal-organic framework, which can implement rapid and simultaneous visual detection of DPA and TC. By using methods for preparing and using a dual-channel visual multicolor fluorescent probe above, the sensor has high stability and sensitivity, and is conducive to quick, accurate and intuitive detection of a biomarker.

The present invention relates to a method and reagents for determining the presence of or the amount of an analyte in a sample.

Among other things, motility of at least one individual microorganism or a change in motility of at least one individual microorganism or both is or are characterized. The characterized motility or change in motility is used to detect the presence or count of the at least one individual microorganism, or determine the identity of a species or strain of the at least one individual microorganism, or determine a susceptibility of the at least one individual microorganism to one or more antibiotics or other antimicrobials.

Embodiments described herein include detecting an analyte in a low pH sample. Some embodiments include detection of multiple analytes in a sample utilizing a plurality of analyte binders and a control zone containing multiple control zone capture agents. In some embodiments, the multiple control zone capture agents capture a plurality of binders within one control zone.

The present disclosure discloses a lincosamides universal monoclonal antibody hybridoma cell strain and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of food safety immunological detection. According to the present disclosure, a clindamycin chlorine-substituted derivative is used as a hapten, the hapten is coupled with bovine serum albumin (BSA) by an activated ester method to obtain an immunizing antigen, and after being uniformly mixed with a Freund's adjuvant, the immunizing antigen is subcutaneously injected to immunize BALB/c mice; clindamycin is coupled with ovalbumin (OVA) by a carbonyl diimidazole (CDI) method to be used as a coating antigen used for detecting mouse serums and a cell supernatant. The spleen cells of the immunized mice are fused with mouse myeloma cells by a PEG method, and screened by indirect ELISA and indirect competitive ELISA and subcloned three times to obtain a population-selective hybridoma cell strain. The cell strain provided by the present disclosure has relatively good inhibition on clindamycin, lincomycin and pirlimycin, and can meet the demand for lincosamides multi-residue immunoassay products on the market.

The present invention relates to methods of determining whether a subject has taken a dose of Tuberculosis medication through analysis of a sample of sweat obtained from the subject, in the form of a skin-print.

A device suitable for the detection and/or characterization of target particles in a fluid is disclosed. The device comprises: at least one heating element for heating and/or measuring a temperature, the heating element comprising a core comprising at least one electrically conducting portion, an electric isolating layer provided at a surface of the core and electrically isolates the core from the sample, and a plurality of binding sites at/to which target particles can bind. The device further comprising a processing means configured to measure an electric output of the least one heating element, a change of the electric output of the at least one heating element and/or its heating power and for deriving, based thereon, a characteristic of the target particles.

The subject invention provides chemical compositions and synthesis strategies to create molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) via sol-gel processes. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention utilizes a(n) organic, inorganic, or metallic template analyte to create a hybrid organic-inorganic or inorganic three-dimensional network possessing cavities complementary to the shape, size, and functional orientation of the template molecule or ions. The subject invention further pertains to the use of the novel MIPs as selective solid phase extraction (SPE) sorbents for pre-concentration and clean-up of trace substances in biological and environmental samples. Synthesis of other molecularly imprinted polymers with environmental, pharmaceutical, chemical, clinical, toxicological, and national security implications can be conducted in accordance with the teachings of the subject invention.