We combined a CRISPR/Cas12a system with a hybridization chain reaction (HCR) to develop an ultrasensitive magnetic relaxation switching (MRS) biosensor for detecting viable (). Magnetic nanoparticles of two sizes (30 and 1000 nm: MNP and MNP, respectively) were coupled through HCR. The gene-activated CRISPR/Cas12a system released MNP from the MNP-HCR-MNP complex through a trans-cleavage reaction.
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