Novel RNA aptamers targeting gastrointestinal cancer biomarkers CEA, CA50 and CA72-4 with superior affinity and specificity

• Qing Pan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

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• Carmen O. K. Law,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

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• Mingo M. H. Yung,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

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• K. C. Han,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

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• Yuen Lam Pon,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

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• Terrence Chi Kong Lau

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chiklau@cityu.edu.hk

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7505-7306

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