Abstract
Biosensors are nowadays ubiquitous in biomedical diagnosis as well as a wide range of other areas such as point-of-care monitoring of treatment and disease progression, environmental monitoring, food control, drug discovery, forensics and biomedical research. A wide range of techniques can be used for the development of biosensors. Their coupling with high-affinity biomolecules allows the sensitive and selective detection of a range of analytes. We give a general introduction to biosensors and biosensing technologies, including a brief historical overview, introducing key developments in the field and illustrating the breadth of biomolecular sensing strategies and the expansion of nanotechnological approaches that are now available.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Essays in Biochemistry |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 30 Jun 2016 |