Biochips: Diagnosis is a Matter of Technique!

Aleksandr N. SINYAKOV

What are biochips? Today, this buzzword means the miniature devices for determining specific interactions between biological macromolecules. Nucleic or ribonucleic acids (including genomic DNA fragments), proteins, and other molecules can serve as probes in such chips.
Over a short time period, biological microchips have formed a separate field of analysis with manifold applications, from merely practical uses in medicine, pharmacology, ecology, and forensic examination to basic research, including molecular biology and molecular evolution.

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