Improving "lab-on-a-chip" techniques using biomedical nanotechnology: a review

Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol. 2016 Nov;44(7):1609-14. doi: 10.3109/21691401.2015.1129619. Epub 2016 Jan 13.

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.

Keywords: Biomedical nanotechnology; lab-on-a-chip; nanobiosensors; nanochips; nanodiagnosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research / instrumentation*
  • Biomedical Research / methods*
  • Humans
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices*
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
  • Nanotechnology / methods*