1st Edition

Biosensors and Cancer

Edited By Victor R. Preedy, Vinood Patel Copyright 2013
    424 Pages 10 Color & 130 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Preedy, Victor R.; Patel, Vinood