Pilot Application of Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Biosensor for Necrotizing Enterocolitis

摘要

BackgroundNecrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is a major source of neonatal morbidity and mortality. There is an ongoing need for a sensitive diagnostic instrument to discriminate NEC from neonatal sepsis. We hypothesized that magnetic nanopartile-based biosensor analysis of gut injury-associated biomarkers would provide such an instrument.