“…LF strips are considered to be one of the most promising techniques due to their simplicity, rapid analysis, relatively low interference due to chromatographic separation, low costs, long-term stability over a wide range of climates, and their ability to be easily used with no requirements for skilled technicians (Chen et al, 2013;Mao et al, 2009b;Shen et al, 2013). Until now, several different types of LF strip have been developed to detect nucleic acids including DNA or miRNA (Fang et al, 2014;Gao et al, 2014;He et al, 2010;Hu et al, 2013;Mao et al, 2009b). For example, a dry-reagent strip biosensor based on a molecular beaconfunctionalized gold nanoparticle probe has been developed for rapid and quantitative detection of specific nucleic acids (Mao et al, 2009b).…”