title: The onset of a revolution in drug discovery.
abstract: Cell electrophysiology is extremely important to cell biology, medicine and drug development, and micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS)-based systems hold great promise to alleviate several problems associated with the current methods used by the pharmaceutical industry to probe drug development. Porterfield et al. at Purdue University have developed an integrated MEMS-based system, which offers considerable advantages compared with current electrophysiological systems and might have greater implications as an advanced method for drug development.
authors.affiliation: Bindley Bioscience Center - Physiological Sensing Facility, 119/V Bindley Bioscience Center, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA. mchatni@purdue.edu
authors.forename: Mohammad R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Chatni
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay / Q000639:trends*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D015195:Drug Design; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D018511:Systems Integration; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000639:trends*