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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2021
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
James Galagan, Needham, MA (US);
Mark W. Grinstaff, Brookline, MA (US);
Uros Kuzmanovic, Brookline, MA (US);
Mingfu Chen, Boston, MA (US);
Margarita Alexandrovna Tararina, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Karen Nazaretian Allen, Weston, MA (US);
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is an amperometric biosensor, e.g., chronoamperometric biosensor for the measurement of the concentration of nicotine. Also disclosed herein is a wearable nicotine biosensor device and a biosensor that detects nicotine in smoke. The biosensor disclosed herein comprises a nicotine-catalyzing enzyme, such as NicA2 or mutant NicA2 enzymes. Also described herein are systems comprising said amperometric biosensor, e.g., chronoamperometric biosensor and methods of using said chronoamperometric biosensor.