title: Protein nanotechnology - A powerful futuristic diagnostic technique.
abstract: Healthcare can be maintained well, when diagnosis is quick, accurate, cost-effective and painless. DNA and RNA based diagnosis may not reveal the right information for certain diseases. Identification and quantification of proteins and their folding mechanism are very important in diagnosis of diseases. Small quantities of proteins, which generally escape from detection and are responsible for the diseases, now can be quantified by protein nanotechniques which aids in the diagnosis. In this review, we have summarized the recent developments in nanotechnologies such as protein microarrays, biosensors etc. and their application in diagnosis of diseases at proteomics level have also been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Iladevi Cataract and IOL Research Centre, Gurukul road, Memnagar, 380 052 Ahmedabad, Gujarat India.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Manasi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dave
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vasavada
keywords: Biosensors; Diagnosis; Folding; Protein estimation; microarrays