Prescription chips

Author

Yang, Yuh-Shyong ; Lu, Ude ; Hu, Ben C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biol. Sci. & Technol., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

18

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

9/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

8

Lastpage

16

Abstract

The fusion of biotechnology with the semiconductor and microelectronic industry has great potential for generating advanced technology and novel devices to solve a variety of biological problems. With further miniaturization and integration, enzyme chips will be used not only to monitor biochemical reactions but also to record ongoing biological processes, analyze complex biological reactions, and respond to abnormal biochemical reaction for disease treatment. Rapid advancement in biotechnology has no signs of stopping in the foreseeable future. The information provided by functional genomics and proteomics may be considered as a map for "treasure hunting" in many different applications. One of the most efficient experimental tools for discovering nature\´s treasure may be the semiconductor biochip.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; biosensors; biotechnology; patient treatment; proteins; biochemical reactions; biochemical sensor chips; biological processes; biological reactions; disease treatment; enzyme chips; functional genomics; proteomics; semiconductor biochip; Biochemical analysis; Biochemistry; Bioinformatics; Biological processes; Biotechnology; Diseases; Fusion power generation; Genomics; Microelectronics; Monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

8755-3996

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCD.2002.1035346

Filename

1035346