Fang-Fang Xia

Nucleic acid aptamers: new methods for selection, target validation, molecular diagnostics and therapeutics

Nucleic acid aptamers, often referred to as “chemical antibodies,” are versatile, specific, and easily modifiable functional nucleic acids. There is a growing focus on new methods for the selection and target validation of aptamers, with the aim of expanding their biomedical applications in molecular diagnostics and th...