Bio-inspired semiconductors for early detection and therapy

This paper presents an overview of how semiconductor technology is now being used for early detection and therapy of disease. Specifically three areas are described which are currently utilising CMOS technology with tremendous benefit in healthcare. The first being in mobile health whereby CMOS technology enables implementation of a low power intelligent wireless solution. The second being in Genomics, whereby advances in CMOS based ISFET technology is now allowing implementation of Point-of-Care diagnostic systems as well as genetic sequencing systems which are scalable, miniature and fabricated at low cost, and the final being in bio-inspired prosthetics, whereby low-power CMOS based systems can be designed to replicate biology to provide implantable and portable devices for personalised therapy of conditions such as Diabetes.