Breast milk is an infant’s first line of defense from infections and viruses. Still, breast milk cannot correctly contribute to the infant’s microbiome if contaminated with heavy metals such as cadmium. Our group is developing a paper analytical device (PAD) for the detection of cadmium using a G-quadruplex. Cadmium forms a complex with DNA strands to form a G-quadruplex which is detectable via fluorescents. This work is the proof of principle that we can form these G-quadruplexes in the presence of cadmium in a biological sample.

Development of cadmium detecting PADs for the use of human milk

ACS Spring 2022

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