aptamers

NYCEmpireState

October 21, 2023
aptamers, salivary-biomarkers, alpha-amylase
high-school

NYCEmpireState # Aptamers for the Detection of Stress-Related Salivary Biomarkers # Our motivation was to create an inexpensive and non-invasive aptamer-based approach to assess saliva samples to detect acute stress by clinicians in order to diagnose patients. Through collaboration, we obtained labeled DNA probes with specificity to alpha-amylase. We used an EMSA to visualize the binding of those probes to our protein. We also began work on synthesizing a plasmid to express alpha-amylase in the lab for future experiments. ...