Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 is an ongoing global pandemic associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. RT-qPCR has become the diagnostic standard for the testing of SARS-CoV-2 in most countries. COVID-19 diagnosis generally relies upon RT-qPCR-mediated identification of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA, which is costly, labor-extensive, and requires specialized training and equipment. https://www.selleckchem.com/screening/natural-product-library.html Herein, we established a novel one-tube rapid diagnostic approach based upon formamide and colorimetric RT-LAMP (One-Pot RT-LAMP) that can be used to diagnose COVID-19 without the extraction of specific viral RNA. The technique could visually detect SARS-CoV-2 within 45 min with a limit of detection of 5 copies per reaction in extracted RNA, and about 7.66 virus copies per μL in viral transport medium. The One-Pot RT-LAMP test showed a high specificity without cross-reactivity with 12 viruses including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and human infectious influenza virus (H1N1/H3N2 of influenza A and B virus, ect. We validated this One-Pot RT-LAMP approach by its successful use for the analysis of 45 clinical nasopharyngeal swab samples, yielding results identical to those of traditional RT-qPCR analyses, while achieving good selectivity and sensitivity relative to a commercial RT-qPCR approach. As such, this One-Pot RT-LAMP technology may be a valid means of conducting high-sensitivity, low-cost and rapid SARS-CoV-2 identification without the extraction of viral RNA.In this work, a novel paper-based colorimetric sensor array was developed by inkjet printing method with polyethylene glycol (PEG) immobilization system. Eight commercially available pH indicators with sequential pH segments in nearly whole pH range were dissolved in nine mixed inks to fabricate the 3 × 3 sensor array on mixed cellulose ester (MCE) paper. Based on homogeneous deposition of inkjet printing, the eight pH indicators were sufficiently immobilized on MCE paper with the assistance of PEG-400, which guaranteed pH detection of aqueous samples on sensor array without hydrophobic barriers. Besides, the indicating range of each indicator obtained an extension through the addition of PEG 400, which remarkably enriched the distinguishable capability of sensor array and benefited for high resolution of pH detection. As such, the as-fabricated paper-based sensor array exhibited an excellent discrimination ability in pH range of 1.00-13.60 with a high resolution of 0.20 pH unit, not only for standard pH buffer solutions but for real aqueous samples.Fc-glycosylation has crucial impact on the efficacy and safety of IgG-type therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). In order to enhance the performance of MS-based bottom-up quantitation strategy, a library of glycopeptide standards containing 26 common IgG1-type Fc-glycoforms has been constructed via modified two-dimensional hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) purification. Taking advantage of the acquired glycopeptide standards, calibrated quantitation strategy for Fc-glycosylation analysis of mAbs was established and evaluated on the basis of three LC-MS-based methods, including HILIC-MRM (multiple reaction monitoring), HILIC-SIM (selected ion monitor) and RPLC-SIM. Molar concentrations of eleven individual Fc-glycoforms (0.03 ± 0.001-13.77 ± 0.64 nmol mg-1) as well as degree of fucosylation (75.44-97.04%), galactosylation (3.39-49.47%) and mannosylation (1.12-21.22%) in six IgG1-type mAbs were achieved. In addition, Fc-glycosylation site occupancy was also determined from 98.05% to 99.83%. Compared with traditional MS-based quantitation via peak area normalization, the quantitation accuracy and precision of the calibrated strategy had been remarkably improved, especially when combining with HILIC separation. In addition, the transferability of calibrated quantitation as assessed by using MRM-based method had also been significantly enhanced on different instruments from different laboratories. This calibrated quantitation strategy using glycopeptide standards as calibrators will be useful for Fc-glycosylation analysis of IgG1-type mAbs with multiple glycosylation sites.We successfully report on the first demonstration of a highly sensitive distance-based liquid crystalline visualization for paper-based analytical devices. The construction of this paper sensor was achieved by immobilizing 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) as liquid crystalline molecules (LCs) onto a paper strip substrate. The sensing mechanism is based on the ultrasound-assisted decomposition of 5CB by the hydroxyl radical (•OH) which is generated from the oxidase enzymatic reaction of the analyte, this then results in the change of texture and color of paper. The utility of our devices was then demonstrated with the determination of bilirubin (BR) in biological samples using a bilirubin oxidase enzymatic reaction. The quantification of BR can be achieved by dipping the tip of the paper strips into the analyte solutions and then by measuring the length of color which has been changed on the paper, by the naked eye. Under optimized conditions, this paper sensor offered the linear range of BR detection from 2.0 to 30.0 pmol/L (R2 = 0.9945) with the limit of detection (LOD) of 0.80 pmol/L. In addition, the results of this sensor were highly reproducible, with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of less than 3.50%. The recoveries of spiked BR in human urine and serum samples were in the range of 99.09-107.89%, which demonstrates the high accuracy of this paper sensor. Overall, this work presents a simple method to determine the concentration of H2O2 and BR at pmol levels with an instrument-free length-measuring readout, so it could be suitable for quantitative analysis of other biomarkers based on oxidase enzymatic reaction, which can provide important information about early disease diagnosis and patient prognosis.Cancer severely threatens human health currently, promoting the rapid development of cancer treatment strategies. In addition to cancer therapy, assessment of cancer prognosis, which can evaluate the success with treatment and chances of recovery as well as assist to make subsequent therapeutic schedule, is also remarkably indispensable and important. Conventional technologies can't provide rapid and highly-sensitive assessment of cancer prognosis at cytological level. Herein, an effective nitrogen doped carbon dots with intrinsic nucleolus-targeting capability and high fluorescence quantum yield are synthesized, characterized and employed for fluorescence imaging of nucleolus, which is closely related to the biological alteration of cancer cell. The cancer prognosis thus can be accurately (limit of detection 50 nM) and rapidly (5 min) assessed at subcellular organelle level from nucleolar characteristics, which are visualized and analyzed by the captured fluorescence images. Outstanding assessment performance endows the proposed technology with great potential for future clinical research.