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that the toxin could be completely washed away from the antibodies. However, it was obvious that
the detection sensitivity decreased after 9 months of storage. The decrease of the detection sensitiv-
ity drop after 9-month storage was not caused by the existence of the unbreakable toxin–antibody
binding but was rather due to the decrease of antibody activity. Another important nding was that
the response time of the 9-month stored sensor increased from 5 s of the fresh sensor to around 10
s, when target toxins were exposed to the ...