title: Potential diagnostic applications of biosensors: current and future directions.
abstract: This review describes recent advances in biosensors of potential clinical applications. Biosensors are becoming increasingly important and practical tools in pathogen detection, molecular diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food safety control as well as in homeland defense. Electrochemical biosensors are particularly promising toward these goals arising due to several combined advantages including low-cost, operation convenience, and miniaturized devices. We review the clinical applications of electrochemical biosensors based on a few selected examples, including enzyme-based biosensors, immunological biosensors and DNA biosensors.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China.
authors.forename: Shiping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chunhai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*