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Voltammetric DNA Biosensor for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Strain 18 Detection
Voltammetric DNA Biosensor for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Strain 18 Detection
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2020-07-09
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Mhd Akhir M.A.
Nor Azizah Parmin
Uda Hashim
Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath
Rejali Z.
Afzan A.
Muhammad Nur Aiman Uda
Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda
Voon Chun Hong
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This research was developed to focus on the study of the voltammetric DNA biosensor for the detection of HPV strain 18. In this research, electrical DNA biosensor was expected to detect HPV strain 18 more efficiently by using electrical characterization. In this project, device inspection was conducted to make sure the functional of the gold interdigitated electrode (IDE) by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). 3-Aminopropyl Triethoxysilane (APTES) solution was used for the process of surface modification to form the amine group on the surface of the device to facilitate the attachment of the DNA probe. In this project, synthetic DNA sample and DNA from the saliva of several Biosystems Engineering students were used as the target DNA. The current-voltage (I-V) electrical characterization was conducted to detect the presence of HPV strain 18 in both DNA samples. As the results, perfect alignment between the electrodes on the IDE was detected under SEM. Surface modification of the biosensor successfully conducted which is the covalent bond between APTES and DNA probe increase the electrical. Synthetic DNA shows the presence of HPV strain 18 while there was no HPV strain 18 detected in the DNA from saliva samples.