New Biosensor Microchip Could Speed Up Drug Development
A team of investigators from Stanford University has developed a new biosensor microchip that could significantly speed up the process of drug development. The microchips, packed with highly sensitive magnetic nanosensors, analyze how proteins bind to one another, a critical step for evaluating the effectiveness and possible side effects of a potential medication. A single centimeter-sized array of the nanosensors can simultaneously and continuously monitor thousands of times more protein-binding events than any existing sensor. The research was published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
New Biosensor Microchip Could Speed Up Drug Development
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