par Barry, Richard;Ivanov, Dimitri 
Référence Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2, 2
Publication Publié, 2004-03
Référence Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2, 2
Publication Publié, 2004-03
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Microfluidics enables biotechnological processes to proceed on a scale (microns) at which physical processes such as osmotic movement, electrophoretic-motility and surface interactions become enhanced. At the microscale sample volumes and assay times are reduced, and procedural costs are lowered. The versatility of microfluidic devices allows interfacing with current methods and technologies. Microfluidics has been applied to DNA analysis methods and shown to accelerate DNA microarray assay hybridisation times. The linking of microfluidics to protein analysis techologies, e.g. mass spectrometry, enables picomole amounts of peptide to be analysed within a controlled micro-environment. The flexibility of microfluidics will facilitate its exploitation in assay development across multiple biotechnological disciplines. © 2004 Barry and Ivanov; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
