Woodhead Publishing Biosensors for Medical Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials)

Biomedical sensors are an essential tool in the detection and monitoring of a wide range of medical conditions from cancer to Parkinson's disease. Biosensors for medical applications provides a comprehensive review of established, cutting edge and future trends in biomedical sensors and their applications. Key Features: provides a comprehensive review of established, cutting edge and future trends in biomedical sensors and their applications; examines key principles and transduction approaches, reviewing electrochemical, piezoelectric and nano-sized biosensors; reviews biosensors for DNA and RNA detection and characterisation, disease biomarker detection, and the use of affibodies as an alternative to antibodies in cancer marker biosensors. Contents: Part 1 Principles and transduction approaches: Electrochemical biosensors for medical applications; Piezoelectric biosensors for medical applications; Nano-sized biosensors for medical applications; Impedence interrogated affinity biosensors for medical applications: Novel targets and mechanistic studies; Protocols for enzyme biosensors. Part 2 Applications of medical biosensors: Biosensors for DNA and RNA detection and characterization; Biosensors for disease biomarker detection; Affibodies as an alternative to antibodies in biosensors for cancer markers; Biosensors for drug testing and discovery; Biosensors for non-invasive measurements; Wearable biosensors for medical applications. About the Author Seamus Higson is Professor of Bio- and Electro-analysis and Commercial Director of Cranfield Health at Cranfield University, UK. A member of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Professor Higson serves in an advisory and/or consultative capacity for a number of public bodies, and has written extensively on a wide range of topics within the fields of medicine, biotechnology, materials science and health.