title: The nature of biosensor technology.
abstract: The biosensor exploits the unique specificity of biological recognition events by coupling an enzyme, antibody or other biorecognition species to a transducing device. Interaction of the biocomponent with substrate or antigen is thus converted into a suitable quantitative output. The development of these biosensors is a multidisciplinary effort, exploiting many of the emerging semiconductor and optics technologies and integrating many traditional assay techniques. The impact of these biosensors is likely to be wide-ranging, with applications in medical and industrial environments as well as a variety of other fields.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay / Q000295:instrumentation; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004566:Electrodes; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D008566:Membranes; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D011199:Potentiometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D013672:Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized