Biomedical Diagnostic Science

Examines developments in gene and biochips! Biomedical Diagnostic Science and Technology comprehensively discusses new signals for analyte detection site-directed immobilization of proteins methods to improve surface biocompatibility current strategies for the treatment of diabetes the performance characteristics and structural components of solid-phase diagnostic reagents the use of imaging fibers for medical diagnostic assays Containing modern innovations in the design and application of sensing devices, Biomedical Diagnostic Science and Technology is a state-of-the-art source for analytical, organic, medicinal, physical, surface, and colloid chemists and biochemists; molecular and cell biologists; geneticists; applied and industrial microbiologists; virologists; endocrinologists; electronic, materials, chemical, and mechanical engineers and bioengineers; pharmacists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents:
Electrochemical Biosensing Systems Electrochemical Biosensors Charles A. Wijayawardhana and William R. Heineman Improved-Accuracy Biosensor Strip for Accu-Chek™ Advantage® David W. Burke and Nigel A. Surridge Redox Monomers and Polymers for Biosensors Naim Akmal and Arthur M. Usmani Amperometric Microcells for Diagnostic Enzyme Activity Measurements Robert E. Gyurcsányi, Géza Nagy, Livia Nagy, Alessandra Cristalli, Michael R. Neuman, Ernö Lindner,Richard P. Buck, H. Troy Nagle, and Stefan Ufer Flow-Through Immunoassay System for Rapid Clinical Diagnostics Ihab Abdel-Hamid, Plamen Atanasov, Dmitri Ivnitski, and Ebtisam Wilkins Optical Biosensing Systems Optical Sensor Arrays for Medical Diagnostics Keith J. Albert, Caroline L. Schauer, and David R. Walt Optochemical Nanosensors for Noninvasive Cellular Analysis Susan L. R. Barker, Heather A. Clark, and Raoul Kopelman Ultrasensitive and Specific Optical Biosensors Inspired by Nature Xuedong Song and Basil I. Swanson Evanescent-Wave Biosensors Brent A. Burdick Glow-Discharge-Treated Quartz Crystal Microbalance as Immunosensor Selma Mutlu, M. Hadi Zareie, Erhan Piskin, and Mehmet Mutlu Gene Sensing Systems Diagnostic Polymer Reagents Carrying DNA Mizuo Maeda, Takeshi Mori, Daisuke Umeno, and Yoshiki Katayama Electrochemical Gene Sensors Toshihiro Ihara, Masamichi Nakayama, Koji Nakano, and Mizuo Maeda Sensing of Second Messengers Using Oligopeptides Yoshiki Katayama, Yuya Ohuchi, Mizuo Maeda, Hideyoshi Higashi, and Yoshihisa Kudo Recombinant Photoproteins in the Design of Binding Assays Jennifer C. Lewis, Agatha J. Feltus, and Sylvia Daunert Newer Detection Systems Particle Valency Strip Assays Judith Fitzpatrick, Michael Munzar, and Regina B. Lenda Smart Materials for Colorimetric Detection of Pathogenic Agents Quan Cheng and Raymond C. Stevens Reagentless Diagnostics: Near-IR Raman Spectroscopy Irving Itzkan, Tae-Woong Koo, Michael S. Feld, Andrew J. Berger, and Gary L. Horowitz Diabetes and Cholesterol: Systems and Management Noninstrumented Quantitative Devices Using Detection Film Built on Woven Fabric Wai Tak Law A Survey of Structural and Nonreactive Components Used in the Research, Development, and Manufacture of Solid-Phase Medical Diagnostic Reagents Myron C. Rapkin Current Status and Future Prospects of Dry Chemistries and Diagnostic Reagents Richard Kordal, Naim Akmal, and Arthur M. Usmani Polymeric Materials, Immobilization, and Biocompatibility Water-Soluble Phospholipid Polymers as a Novel Synthetic Blocking Reagent in an Immunoassay System Shujirou Sakaki, Yasuhiko Iwasaki, Nobuo Nakabayashi, and Kazuhiko Ishihara Biocompatible Phospholipid Polymers for Prevention of Unfavorable Bioreactions on the Surface of Medical Devices Kazuhiko Ishihara, Yasuhiko Iwasaki, Nobuo Nakabayashi, Michiharu Sakakida, and Motoaki Shichiri Site-Directed Immobilization of Proteins on Surfaces: Genetic Approaches Jianquan Wang, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, and Leonidas G. Bachas Polymeric Microspheres and Related Materials for Medical Diagnostics Stanislaw Slomkowski, Beata Miksa, Dorota Kowalczyk, Teresa Basinska, Mohamed M. Chehimi, and Michel Delamar Index