Biosensors play a key role in medical research and diagnostics. At present, however, they generally have to be specially developed for each application. A team led by LMU chemist Philip Tinnefeld has developed a general, modular strategy for designing sensors that can be easily adapted to various target molecules and concentration ranges. As the researchers report in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, their new modular sensor has the potential to significantly accelerate the development of new diagnostic tools for research.
