title: Improving "lab-on-a-chip" techniques using biomedical nanotechnology: a review.
abstract: Nanotechnology and its applications in biomedical sciences principally in molecular nanodiagnostics are known as nanomolecular diagnostics, which provides new options for clinical nanodiagnostic techniques. Molecular nanodiagnostics are a critical role in the development of personalized medicine, which features point-of care performance of diagnostic procedure. This can to check patients at point-of-care facilities or in remote or resource-poor locations, therefore reducing checking time from days to minutes. In this review, applications of nanotechnology suited to biomedicine are discussed in two main class: biomedical applications for use inside (such as drugs, diagnostic techniques, prostheses, and implants) and outside the body (such as "lab-on-a-chip" techniques). A lab-on-a-chip (LOC) is a tool that incorporates numerous laboratory tasks onto a small device, usually only millimeters or centimeters in size. Finally, are discussed the applications of biomedical nanotechnology in improving "lab-on-a-chip" techniques.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran ;|b Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran ;
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gorjikhah
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran ;|c Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iranl ;
authors.forename: Soodabeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davaran
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran ;
authors.forename: Roya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salehi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran ;
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakhtiari
authors.affiliation: d Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz , Tabriz , Iran ;
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasanzadeh
authors.affiliation: f Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Yunes
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Panahi
authors.affiliation: d Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz , Tabriz , Iran ;
authors.forename: Masumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emamverdy
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran ;|c Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iranl ;|e Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz , Iran ;|f Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Abolfazl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akbarzadeh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Biomedical nanotechnology; lab-on-a-chip; nanobiosensors; nanochips; nanodiagnosis