Biosensors and Cancer

Description

Understanding the importance and application of biosensors is complicated by the diverse range of methods and application and some existing text is somewhat technical in nature with little consideration to the novice. This book disseminates information on biosensors in a readable way by having unique sections for the novice and expert alike. Each chapter has an abstract, key facts, applications to other areas of health and disease, a "mini-dictionary" of key terms and summary points. In addition, the book covers optical imaging, surface plasmon resonance, microcantilevers, electrochemistry, aptamers, fluorescence, electrochemistry, nanobiosensors and nanowires.

Table of Contents

Section 1: General

• Functional Optical Imaging-based Biosensors
  Pablo Iglesias and Jose A. Costoya
• Use of a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Biosensor to Characterize Zwitterionic Coatings on SiO2 for Cancer Biomarker Detection
  Norman D. Brault, Shaoyi Jiang, and Qiuming Yu
• Microcantilever-based Biosensor Array for Tumor Angiogenic Marker Detection
  Riccardo Castagna and Carlo Ricciardi
• Electrochemical DNA Biosensors at the Nanoscale
  Rosa Letizia Zaffino, Wilmer Alfonso Pardo, Mònica Mir, and Josep Samitier
• Aptamer-based Biosensors for Cancer Studies
  Ilaria Palchetti and Marco Mascini
• Fluorescent Biosensors for Cancer Cell Imaging and Diagnostics
  May C. Morris
• Electrical and Electrochemical Immunosensor for Cancer Study
  Seung Yong Lee and Seung Yong Hwang
• Multifunctional Nanobiosensors for Cancer
  Dai-Wen Pang and Er-Qun Son
• Silicon Nanowire Biosensor for Cancer Markers
  Yang-Kyu Choi and Chang-Hoon Kim

Section 2: Blood, Molecules and Cells

• DNA-electrochemical Biosensors and Oxidative Damage to DNA: Application to Cancer
  Victor Constantin Diculescu and Ana Maria Oliveira Brett
• Asparaginase-based Asparagine Biosensors and their Application to Leukemia
  Neelam Verma and Kuldeep Kumar
• Breast Cancer Detection using Surface Plasmon Resonance-based Biosensors
  Chii-Wann Lin and Chia-Chen Chang
• Detection of miRNA with Silicon Nanowire Biosensors
  Guo-Jun Zhang
• Biosensors for BCR-ABL Activity and their Application to Cancer
  Yusuke Ohba, Stephanie Darmanin, Tatsuaki Mizutani, Masumi Tsuda, and Takeshi Kondo
• Optical Fiber Nanobiosensor for Single Living Cell Detections of Cancers
  Xin Ting Zheng and Chang Ming Li
• Microfluidic Biosensors for Thyroglobulin Detection and Application to Thyroid Cancer
  Seokheun Choi and Junseok Chae

Section 3: Treatments and Organs Specific Applications

• Optical Biosensors and Applications to Drug Discovery and Development in Cancer Research
  Carlo Bertucci and Angela De Simone
• Single-Chain Fragment Variable Recombinant Antibodies and their Applications in Biosensors for Cancer Diagnosis
  Xiangqun Zeng and Ray Mernaugh
• DNA Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Anticancer Drugs
  Sigen Wang and Ruili Wang
• Using UV Light to Engineer Biosensors for Cancer Detection: The Case of Prostate Specific Antigen
  Maria Teresa Neves-Petersen, Antonietta Parracino, and Steffen B. Petersen