Bioelectronics: Progress toward drug screening with a cell-transistor biosensor 07-206

To develop selective measurement techniques for diagnostics, drug research, and the detection of poisons, researchers would like to combine the high specificity of biochemical reactors with universal microelectronics.  Now, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried/Munich have shown that such bioelectronic hybrid systems are no longer just a utopian vision.  In the journal Angewandte Chemie, they describe the coupling of a receptor to a silicon chip by means of a cell-transistor interface.

Original article : Recombinant Serotonin Receptor on a Transistor as a Prototype for Cell-Based Biosensors

Press release from Angewandte Chemie here>>[...]

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[David Walter]

Consider the potential commercial demand for an implantable biosensor that could monitor blood glucose levels for diabetics. Couple the implanted sensor with RFID technology to transmit the information to an external display device. How much would diabetics pay to be able to stop sticking themselves to draw blood one or more times daily?