Main description:

Advanced Biosensors for Health Care Applications highlights the different types of prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers associated with cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, brain and retinal diseases, cardiovascular diseases, bacterial infections, as well as various types of electrochemical biosensor techniques used for early detection of the potential biomarkers of these diseases. Many advanced nanomaterials have attracted intense interests with their unique optical and electrical properties, high stability, and good biocompatibility. Based on these properties, advanced nanoparticles have been used as biomolecular carriers, signal producers, and signal amplifiers in biosensor design. Recent studies reported that there are several diagnostic methods available, but the major issue is the sensitivity and selectivity of these approaches.

This book outlines the need of novel strategies for developing new systems to retrieve health information of patients in real time. It explores the potential of nano-multidisciplinary science in the design and development of smart sensing technology using micro-nanoelectrodes, novel sensing materials, integration with MEMS, miniaturized transduction systems, novel sensing strategy, that is, FET, CMOS, System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Diagnostic-on-a-Chip (DoC), and Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC), for diagnostics and personalized health-care monitoring. It is a useful handbook for specialists in biotechnology and biochemical engineering.

Contents:

1. Advanced nanoparticle-based biosensors for diagnosing foodborne pathogens 2. Aptamer technology for the detection of foodborne pathogens and toxins 3. Biosensors for rapid detection of breast cancer biomarkers 4. Electrochemical biosensors for antioxidants 5. Electrochemical immunosensors for rapid detection of breast cancer biomarkers 6. Functionalized advanced hybrid materials for biosensing applications 7. Smart, portable, and noninvasive diagnostic biosensors for healthcare 8. Aptamer-mediated nanobiosensing for health monitoring 9. Biosensing-drug delivery systems for in vivo applications 10. Nanobodies and their in vivo applications 11. New micro- and nanotechnologies for electrochemical biosensor development 12. Cholesterol-based enzymatic and nonenzymatic sensors 13. Recent trends in sensors for health and agricultural applications 14. Hybrid carbon nanostructures for chemical and biological sensors 15. Challenges and future prospects of nanoadvanced sensing technology